I have just published the second part of a series of articles looking at the governance that business owners and boards should exercise over software, websites and their reputation:
WordPress websites are easy hanging fruit for hackers – is yours?
Two very different hacking campaigns in the wild now
These two articles from Bleeping Computer shows the wide range of cyber security issues an organisation has to be aware of and take action about. One is the traditional malware getting into your systems and stealing sensitive information which it then sends out to the threat actors, to be used …
Continue reading “Two very different hacking campaigns in the wild now”
User’s not understanding what secure configurations are, is the first step towards a cyber security incident. UPDATED
This original post was made on 23 August 2022 Update 21 October 2022 There has been another “mis-configuration story this week – Microsoft exposed thousands of client records when they mis-configured a server. Following a report in the summer of patient information leaking from a health care company because of …
Hacking is not just data theft and ransomware – it can be reputation damage. Some advice about your WordPress website and your reputation.
Fast Company an American magazine was hacked and abusive articles added to its news feeds, resulting in this material getting a wider audience through syndication on the Apple News app. The Apple News channel was quickly disabled and Fast Company took its site down pending a fix but the damage was …
Then there was a third problem with WordPress… BackupBuddy
WordPress plugin called BackupBuddy I wrote an article today for our training site CyberAwake, questioning exactly how much governance organisations are extending to their websites. The article started off because of two WordPress issues this week and during my background reading for the article I came across this from last …
Continue reading “Then there was a third problem with WordPress… BackupBuddy”
