Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
“I am too busy for cyber security.” “It will never happen to me.” “My organisation is too small for the hackers to bother with.” “HMRC hacked for £42M because someone’s login was compromised.” FAKE NEWS!!!! “Cyber security is hard – when I remember, I will get someone else to fix …
It would have been difficult to miss the fact that Marks and Spencer, the Co-Op and Harrods have all suffered serious cyber-attacks recently. There has been speculation that the attacks originated from a phishing attack, as the hacking group DragonForce bragged in an email that they had hacked an employee …
A pause to think before opening and email attachment or clicking on an unexpected link is good advice, but read why Bruce Schneier thinks we still need to do more: Why Take9 Won’t Improve Cybersecurity – Schneier on Security He is right, I speak about a pause, nine seconds in …
A series of fake Google ads leading to fake typosquatting domains, pretending to be for popular IT support tools and apps have been reported by BleepingComputer. Fake Zenmap. WinMRT sites target IT staff with Bumblebee malware Many of these tools require administrator access to networks and devices to function, so …
I am in the process of writing our new course at the moment – more details in our newsletter – so for the Wednesday Bit this week I have an article about the out-of-office email, first published on CyberAwake. I chose this article as I have been discussing with several …
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