Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Martin, the Operations manager at Octagon has written about a social engineering, phishing scam that was sent to him by a text message. Omicron Scam – Octagon Technology Have a look – you could get the same message! I also write for the Octagon blog (of course). Earlier in the …
Thus is a good thing. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) not only thinks about national and business cyber security but they are actively involved in improving the cyber security of every citizen: NCSC significantly expands services to protect UK from… – NCSC.GOV.UK Here is the link to the NCSC’s …
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“Smishing” is similar to phishing but instead of using email the cyber criminals tempt you with a text message. Still targeting the usual suspects of your personal information and money. This report on scams and attacks being distributed using sms text messaging is US centric – but what happens over …
This report is from Cornwall, but the nature of these things it could be anywhere in the country. Cornwall Council warns of Covid scam text messages – BBC News So be careful if you get a NHS Test and Trace text from a phone number – don’t click on any …
Bruce Schneier has an interesting article today about impersonation. In this case it is bad actors abusing havard.edu email addresses. Using Fake Student Accounts to Shill Brands – Schneier on Security Impersonation is a real threat to any business, that does not have clear policies and procedures, and clear lines …
