82% of Companies pay ransomware demands to get their data back – only 4% got it back – now sign up for our Cyber Security Master Class

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The UK Government discourages organisations, hit by ransomware, from paying cyber criminals to get their information back. But we all knew it was happening. I was at a talk last week by Bruce Schneier, where he spoke about US companies keeping quiet about cyber-attacks if they could, even though in …

Stats to support what we already knew – cyber attacks are growing. Is it time for you to sign-up for our Cyber Security Master Class?

Ransomware attacks were up by 105% in 2021, when compared to 2020, which was already a bad year for ransomware! SonicWall’s 2022 Cyber Threat Report shows that cyber attacks have grown during 2021. 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report | Threat Intelligence The only good news – but it is not …

Small Enterprises to be the focus of cyber-attacks in the coming months

“…small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) face an average of 11 cyberthreats per day…”(BlackBerry, 2022) Following the NCSC’s warning to UK organisations to review their cybersecurity, here is an article by Brian Stone at TechRepublic discussing the threats to small businesses outlined in a report by BlackBerry. BlackBerry report reveals …

Deliveries – a reminder these are always a hacker attack vector

With the huge increase in online shopping and deliveries over the past couple of years, these have become one of the favourite attack vectors for cyber criminals. Usually it is some type of impersonation/social engineering attack via email, with the intention to steal sensitive information from you. Just be very …