Cloudflare is a service that offers a range of services – one of which is to protect client websites and servers from denial of service attacks. We are using it for one of our high profile clients. Cloudflare does this job very well and can deal with the biggest DDoS …
Remember paying the ransom will not always bring back the data – take steps now
If your back-up and incident response plan is completely useless, you could always fall back on just paying the ransom that the cyber criminals demand. A Sophos study showed 46% of businesses did this: Study: 90% of organizations say ransomware impacted their ability to operate | TechRepublic But this study …
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If the cyber-gangs are better funded than the police – what happens? What’s your cyber security budget?
Here’s a weekend read and something to think about when you are considering your cybersecurity budget: Interpol: We can’t arrest our way out of cybercrime • The Register I have also written about the cost of cyber security over on the Octagon blog:
Microsoft Edge with a “VPN”
Microsoft is promising a “VPN” like feature in it’s Edge browser to protect the users private information when browsing. Microsoft adding ‘Secure Network’ to Edge browser • The Register At the moment it is described as a “preview feature” but does not appear to be available yet on any official …
Cyber threat from Ukraine Russia conflict is growing as the invasion progresses
Data wiper malware was one the first cyber-weapons deployed in the Ukraine Russia conflict and data researchers are now tracking six major strains of malware as a direct result of the Ukraine Russia conflict. Data-wiper malware strains surge amid Ukraine invasion • The Register There have been accounts of the …
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