Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the associated ceremonies and period of national mourning will be no exception: Potential phishing activity update – NCSC.GOV.UK The National Cyber Security Centre has issued a warning that the potential for malicious phishing, social engineering and scam cyber-attacks is very high …
There is no doubt that threat actors are becoming more organised, with skilled organisations, not only carrying out attacks, but suppling highly capable hacking tools to less skilled organisations – fo a cut of the illicit profits: New EvilProxy service lets all hackers use advanced phishing tactics (bleepingcomputer.com) This one …
Here is a story that shows you always have to keep your guard up when dealing with cyber-security, as the threat landscape is constantly changing and the threat actors will always choose vectors that are in the news. This particular attack comes right back here to Smart Thinking – malware …
I have just written about this supply chain cyber attack: Developer software repositories will always be a prime target for threat actors – Smart Thinking Solutions And here is another phishing attack hunting for the unwary who will reveal their credentials: DoorDash customer info exposed in Oktapus phishing attack • …
If you, as a threat actor, could embed your malware into a software module, that is then used by many innocent and unaware software developers in their packages, they release to the general public, wouldn’t you? That looks like a lot of infected machines for a small amount of work. …
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