For those of you who read Smart Thinking regularly, you will realise that this “Wednesday Bit” has been published a day late – the reason was a Cyber Security Awareness talk I gave yesterday at the East Lincs Expo. I delayed publishing, rather than writing an article and leaving it …
East Lincs Expo
This is where we are today – East Lincs Expo. We have a stand for both Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology – and a prize draw for anyone who stops by for a chat. As part of the programme of events I am one of the speakers. My presentation is …
You may not have $25m in your bank account but here is the state of play of deep fake hacking
That is a long title, but for this well financed, hi-tech cyber-attack it is appropriate. A worked at a multi-national company in Hong Kong was persuaded to transfer $200 million Hong Kong dollars to a variety of accounts, having been reassured by a group video call with the company’s CFO …
Facebook Credentials
Facebook is a vital tool on most organisation’s marketing plan – so the Facebook credentials are as important as the ones for the bank and Microsoft 365. Threat actors targeting personal accounts with their phishing campaigns could also catch your business account details. Watch out for “I can’t believe he …
Credential Theft
If Have I Been Pwned have these credentials then you can bet that the threat actors have them as well. Have I Been Pwned adds 71 million emails from Naz.API stolen account list (bleepingcomputer.com) Your takeaway from this It is important you and your team understand the importance of any …