US federal alert warns of the discovery of malicious cyber tools | US national security | The Guardian I use the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, (CISA) a lot. Many of the blog posts I run here, start there. However there is a vast amount of information on the CISA …
I switched to Windows 11 – have you? Here is the security and privacy case for switching.
Time to make a coffee and have a look at Windows 11 and what Microsoft is doing to protect your work and organisations. The first article is by Microsoft – so treat it as such – but it does lay out clearly the aims and objectives of the operating system …
Android apps found with hidden malicious functions
The ability to sideload apps on an Android device, bypassing any curation in the Google Play Store and the apparent regularity that that app store misses malicious content in Android apps, is an constant cyber security issue for anyone using Android. Here are two recent examples: Android apps with 45 …
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Voicemail social engineering scam targets WhatsApp users – three tips to help you spot the scams
This is a social engineering combining a phishing email and an attached voicemail file – that can evade many security systems, including Microsoft’s and Google’s, as it appears to be from a legitimate source. Hackers employ voicemail phishing attacks on WhatsApp users | TechRepublic Our Social Engineering and Email Cyber …
Borat is a triple threat RAT
Nothing to do with Sacha Baron Cohen. A remote access trojan, (RAT), is a holy grail of an infection for a hacker to get onto your system, as this powerful cyber crime tool allows full access and control of an infected system. Once a hacker has this much control they …
