…you might just give the threat actors your Google credentials. A malware campaign, detected by OALABS researchers, locks your web browser into “kiosk mode” and asks you for your Google credentials to unlock it. Of course, the malware then steals those credentials. Malware locks browser in kiosk mode to steal …
Another thing about phishing emails… (pt.12)
A few months ago, I wrote a Back-to-Basics mini-series on phishing emails, how they impact organisations and what you can do to reduce the risks. Back-to-Basics – A Phishing Email Primer | Smart Thinking Solutions Phish Attacks – the deluge never stops Every week I read articles on the latest …
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Stuff happens
On September 4, Tewkesbury Borough Council declared a major IT incident and shut down its systems and enacted their incident response plan. It now turns out that this incident was not a cyber-attack but an error in user accounts. However this does not matter. There was and is inconvenience to …
Ransomware has not gone away
Just in case you thought that ransomware was a thing of the past or that the threat actors only went after big businesses, then think again: NoName ransomware gang deploying RansomHub malware in recent attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) The NoName ransomware gang has been targeting small and medium-sized businesses worldwide with its …
Realistic Cyber Security
The Wednesday Bit is still on holiday! A couple of weeks back, whilst walking in Scotland, I got involved with a prospective client in a discussion about the benefits of our cyber security stack and in particular our Security Operations Centre. The discussion was not about “how much” but what …
