As 2024 draws to a close and we all start making plans for the holiday season, I thought it would be a good idea to publish an updated list of all my Back to Basics cyber security primers as this week’s Wednesday Bit. These are easy read short series designed …
Why you need to protect your organisation’s M365 credentials
We have had to deal with several incidents of Business Email Compromise (BEC), where for one reason or another someone has had their Microsoft credentials compromised and a threat actor has got inside their email. It is a serious problem because threat actors make a lot of money from it. …
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Phishing network disrupted
Phishing attacks are repeatedly shown to be the number one cyber security risk for organisations in the UK – see the report linked below. So, anything that disrupts the threat actor’s ability to carry out and exploit these types of cyber-attacks is good news for everyone. Microsoft and the US …
Cyber Security Awareness Training – Why?
I am working on two IT and Cyber Security Audits – and I could not get Diana to fill in for me for “The Wednesday Bit” this week although she did an excellent job last week. IT and Cyber Security Audit | Smart Thinking Solutions Here is something I wrote …
AI and Malware
In August the support team at Octagon Technology edited the company’s newsletter – whilst Diana and I were away. They chose a theme of artificial intelligence (AI) – here are the articles they wrote: Careful with that A.I. Eugene ! / How NOT to A.I. / Stop feeding the machine. …