Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
It is an accepted practice for software vendors to offer a bug bounty to people who discover a flaw in their software, and report it to them. The vendor can then, hopefully, fix the vulnerability before a threat actor can exploit it. Now the ransomware gangs are at it – …
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I think it is true to say no one is sure what is happening to the Conti cyber criminal gang – other than, following the leak of it’s information earlier in the year, it has fractured. Son of Conti: Ransomware tries its hand at politics – The Record by Recorded …
Research and analysis is showing that the malicious websites run by the Conti Gang to support it’s ransomware operations are now closed: Conti ransomware finally shuts down data leak, negotiation sites (bleepingcomputer.com) However the threat actors have not gone away – ransomware makes too much money for them to simply …
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This is a follow-up to last week’s story: New commercial spyware for phones – Smart Thinking Solutions This is Google describing how they countered the Hermit smartphone malware and discusses their Project Zero for countering zero-day threats. Spyware vendor targets users in Italy and Kazakhstan (blog.google) Your best defence against …
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Of course the threat actors use social engineering techniques and phishing emails: Fake copyright infringement emails install LockBit ransomware (bleepingcomputer.com) Ransomware is probably the biggest cyber security threat facing businesses today. Coming soon: Five essential skills you need to do your own cybersecurity – A Masterclass Are you facing cyber …
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