I really liked this article. I have covered various highly involved cyber attacks over the last few months, deepfakes, hacking cars, air–gap attacks but as it describes in this article, you can use technology to steal those credentials or you can just ask nicely for them: Phishing works so well …
Sophos firewall hole fixed
If you are depending on a Sophos firewall then check and see that it is fully updated and patched: Sophos fixes critical code injection bug under exploit • The Register You of course have your Cyber Security “What is normal” document to hand, to check if this issue impacts your …
Pass the cookie attack – but you still need to use MFA and have these extra steps in place
We cannot emphasise how important multi-factor authentication is to your cyber security – however, of course, the threat actors do have ways around it: Cookie stealing: the new perimeter bypass – Sophos News The threat is malware getting into your system and stealing session cookies that are associated with the …
Ransomware highlights from Bleeping Computers
There are a rush of ransomware stories on Bleeping computers, mainly high profile organisations being hit, not only with crypto-malware but being blackmailed over data exfiltrated by the threat actors. Automotive supplier breached by 3 ransomware gangs in 2 weeks (bleepingcomputer.com) Hacker uses new RAT malware in Cuba Ransomware attacks …
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The real impact of ransomware on businesses
Here are two reports you should catch up with to start to understand the threat ransomware poses to your organisation: Ransomware The True Cost to Business 2022 | Report (cybereason.com) The Active Adversary Playbook 2022 – Sophos News Once you see what the problem is – you can check that …
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