That is a long title, but for this well financed, hi-tech cyber-attack it is appropriate. A worked at a multi-national company in Hong Kong was persuaded to transfer $200 million Hong Kong dollars to a variety of accounts, having been reassured by a group video call with the company’s CFO …
Facebook Credentials
Facebook is a vital tool on most organisation’s marketing plan – so the Facebook credentials are as important as the ones for the bank and Microsoft 365. Threat actors targeting personal accounts with their phishing campaigns could also catch your business account details. Watch out for “I can’t believe he …
Bugged by Phishing Email Attacks
Let’s start the “Wednesday Bit” for 2024 with a tale of phishing emails, but first… I hope you had a Happy Christmas and New Year. Diana and I did. We did take some time off, spent it with family, travelled a bit and paid rather less attention to our email …
Some Seasonal Advice about Scammers
Here is an excellent article by Rachael Medhurst Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at the University of South Wales full of advice on how to spot and defend yourself against Christmas scams and cyber threats. How to protect yourself from cyber-scammers over the festive period (theconversation.com) Have a read and …
CISA Security Patch Notices
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) site is one of the “go to places” for me and my team to keep up with vulnerabilities in our client’s software. Although aimed at the US Government and US users it is still really useful. Here is a round-up of …