Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
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 …
There has been a lot of negative press about Twitter lately – I have covered it on Smart Thinking – this interview by James Clayton, the BBC North America tech reporter, is worth listening to as it is Elon Musk’s own words about Twitter and the state the company is …
TikTok is still in the news – the fact that TikTok’s owners, ByteDance, are a Chinese based company subject to the Chinese laws that gives the government far reaching rights to access any company’s data is the issue. Here is the BBC’s take on the story: TikTok: Why do countries …
A couple of weeks back I posted a link to an article by Marianna Spring, the BBC’s Disinformation and social media correspondent, that examined how Twitter was functioning having now laid so many people off – many of whom appeared to be working as Twitter’s social conscience. Twitter, trolls, child …
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The announcement is going to made today. Chinese app TikTok to be banned on UK government phones – BBC News This follows several weeks of intense international backlash against the Chinese social media company TikTok over the access and control the Chinese Government may be exerting over it. It is …
So a new trend going viral on a social media platform is an ideal place to interfere with and use to spread malware. Just like the “Invisible Body” challenge on TikTok: TikTok ‘Invisible Body’ challenge exploited to push malware (bleepingcomputer.com) Do not be deceived by the offer from the hackers …
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Although this series of cyber-attacks is closely associated with the Ukraine/Russia conflict you should expect to see other cyber criminals adopting similar tactics: Ukraine Themed Twitter Spam Pushing iOS Scareware – SANS Internet Storm Centre This article by Johannes Ullrich shows the web of accounts that threat actors weave across …
