Here is an interesting article that came out over the Christmas holidays. It hopefully will not have a direct impact on you. It does however illustrate why every organisation needs to step-up it’s cyber security game as the threat landscape is rapidly and constantly changing, push by the Russia Ukraine …
Russia Ukraine cyber actions this winter
I updated the pinned post at the top of the blog yesterday with warnings from Microsoft and Google about the potential for the Russia Ukraine cyber conflict to escalate over this winter. Here is an article by Alexander Martin from The Record looking at the risks and threats in more …
Cyber Insurance
I am often asked to give my opinion about cyber insurance, including looking over insurance schedules for clients. Most times it takes a call to the broker to determine exactly what is, and what is not covered – many policies are now excluding fallout ransomware attacks due to the Russian/Ukraine …
Law enforcement successes against cyber-crime – even though the criminals used end-to-end encryption
The UK Online Safety Bill wants end to end encryption for everyone removed so law enforcement can solve cyber-crime easier – but good policing does not need it
New encryption ransomware – with no decryption option
There are reports of a new encryption ransomware strain called Somnia being used against Ukrainian targets by Russian hacktivists. Ukraine says Russian hacktivists use new Somnia ransomware (bleepingcomputer.com) Somnia does not request the victims to pay a ransom in exchange for a working decryptor, as its operators are more interested …
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Threat actors will always take advantage of any crisis… UPDATED 21 September 2022
This post was first published on 8 September 2022 There are now real-world examples of scam emails and texts offering discounts and help with the rising cost of energy: Warning over scam energy bill support messages – BBC News This article by Shiona McCallum over on the BBC Technology News …
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Data wiping malware spreading beyond the Ukraine Russia conflict region
Data wiping malware has been deployed continuously during the the Ukraine Russia conflict – research is now showing that it is reaching targets in other regions: Use of wipers expanding beyond Ukraine to 24 countries – The Record by Recorded Future Malware seen in the wild includes WhisperKill, WhisperGate, HermeticWiper, …
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