Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This is an excellent article by Xavier Mertens, with a video that demonstrates how a keylogger on your computer will defeat even the most complex of passwords. A Python MP3 Player with Builtin Keylogger Capability – SANS Internet Storm Center Your takeaway from this Have a policy in place stating …
Continue reading “The truth about keyloggers and how easy it is to get the unwary to download one…”
I wrote about an Apple Mac attack last week – Macs too… – and we are going to start the week off with a Mac attack. Let me just quote the article here: “Still today, many people think that Apple and its macOS are less targeted by malware. But the …
I hadn’t, but the threat actors are now using ZPAQ files to distribute malware. A ZPAQ file is an archive file, like .ZIP and .RAR, it is open source and is used on a command line – so not something the average office-based user would need to know about or …
I am often asked this question by clients and particularly prospective clients, who think they do not need our cyber security awareness training or any of the tools in our security stack. The answer to the question is not easy, in a Word or OneNote file, through a link to …
We all have the best technical cyber security defences in place we can afford (or we should have). The threat actors know this so they are always on the hunt for those techniques that our anti-virus and filtering systems cannot detect. PowerShell is a powerful Windows command line and automation …
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If you want to know what a malicious phishing email and Word document looks like and how it functions, have a read of this article by Xavier Mertens on SANS Internet Strom. Infostealer Embedded in a Word Document – SANS Internet Storm Center It uses a simple technique to get …
When I am delivering the cyber awareness training – and people relax, realising I really mean it when I say there are no stupid questions – I often get asked “how do I know if my computer was infected?”. Usually just before being asked about the length of a piece …
