Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here are the results from the NCSC CyberFirst Girls Competition. Schoolgirls across the UK crowned winners at cyber… – NCSC.GOV.UK Congratulations to “CtrlAltElite” – NCSC CyberFirst Girls Competition – Smart Thinking Solutions
My University study partner, is an IT teacher at Girvan Academy, near Ayr, and some of his students entered the NCSC CyberFirst Girls Competition Scotland and WON. The team called themselves CtrlAltElite. Congratulations from everyone here at Octagon and Smart Thinking Solutions. Schoolgirls across the UK poised to battle for …
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“Do not make decisions about privacy unless you are equipped to do so” This means before entering into any deal that involves the sharing of information, you are accountable for, make sure the correct technical questions have been have been answered correctly. If you cannot ask them and if you …
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The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has had to write off about £2m of fees because of the hack they suffered in 2020 in which they lost a substantial amount of data. But the true cost of the cyber security incident remains unknown. Full cost of 2020 cyber attack on …
Here is another example of a phishing attack, from SANS Internet Diary – although I am not sure the average user will know what to do with an ISO file? The attack is interesting as it uses Base 64 to obscure it from detection. Malicious ISO Embedded in an HTML …
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