Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
In most of our business cyber security training and work, we eventually get to the question of how cyber security defences are breached – and most often the answer is, using email. Even the biggest cyber criminal gangs attacking the highest profile targets, just use email. North Korean hackers attack …
This time the US Department of Justice has returned about half a million dollars worth of Bitcoin to two hospital groups who had paid ransomware ransoms to North Korean threat actors. US seizes stolen funds from suspected North Korean hackers – BBC News However it is better to have not …
This story has gone back and forth. How can Microsoft wobble on what has been a well used attack vector, by threat actors for years and years? Microsoft to block downloaded Office macros – at last – Smart Thinking Solutions Oh No! Microsoft appears to have rolled back it’s macro …
The threat actor Roaming Mantis has been detected since February, targeting victims across Europe and the Far East. Their attacks are based around phishing text messages, Android users are directed to download a malicious app, whilst Apple users (as the Apple “walled garden” Apps store does an effective job of …
The European Union (EU) has issued a warning about the measurably increase in the volume of Russian cyber-attacks associated with the Russia Ukraine conflict and how these attacks can easily spread to other regions. Nations that actively support Ukraine, with whatever resources, are likely to be “at risk” of this …
