There are as many different backup strategies as there are IT consultants, but all will agree that having multiple backups to different media types, and having an off-line or ‘cold’ backup is crucial for every business. Modern malware and viruses, and in particular ransomware, has the ability to seek out and permanently destroy any backup … Read more
According to The Wall Street Journal, a UK energy company’s chief executive was tricked into paying €200,000 to a supplier because he believed his boss was instructing him to do so. But the company’s insurance firm said that a fraudster was using deepfake software to mimic the voice of the executive and request pay him … Read more
A new email scam is targetting businesses indirectly by tricking finance personnel into handing over aged debtors reports. Here’s how the scam works. The scammer contacts the finance deparment of organisation ‘A’ from a spoofed email address pretending to be a manager or director within the same company, requesting a list of aged debtors. The … Read more
A new form of ransomware called eCh0raixis is targeting QNAP NAS Drives, exploiting vulnerabilities in the device and brute-forcing passwords to encrypt the contents. eCh0raix connects to a command-and-control server on the internet and then begins the encryption process, creating an AES-256 encryption key to lock the files with a .encrypt extension. Users are then … Read more
British Airways has been fined more than £183m by the Information Commissioner’s Office after hackers stole the personal data of half a million of the airline’s customers. The ICO said its investigation found that the incident involved customer details including login, payment card, name, address and travel booking information being harvested after being diverted to … Read more
The latest email scam campaign is an email warning you that your website will be forced offline, and your online reputation ruined if you do not pay a ransom fee. The Scammers request a payment of over £2,000, and warn that they will do ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage if you do … Read more
The latest email threat is a fake warning message from the “Office 365 Team”, warning that a large number of files have been deleted from your account. The body of the email is typically worded like this: If you click on the “View alert details” link, you will be taken to a fake Microsoft account … Read more
It’s coming up on one year since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became law, and part of the compliance process for every organisation is to undertake regular reviews and have a continuous improvement policy. So now is a good time to review your GDPR processes, documentation, training and staff awareness. Some points you should … Read more
Nearly half of businesses in the UK (46%) are not confident their business continuity plans are up to date, according to a report from Databarracks. The report says that organisations are being regularly exposed to potential business disruptions because of poor business continuity management. Business resiliency in the face of disruption starts with good governance … Read more
According to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report, senior executives are twelve times more likely to be the target of “social incidents”, and nine times more likely to be the target of social breaches than in years past. Read the full report here https://enterprise.verizon.com/resources/executivebriefs/2019-dbir-executive-brief.pdf
Have you given any thought as to what would happen if you lost your documents? What if your computer was infected with ransomware? Have you analyzed what data is important and, more importantly, how to keep it protected? It’s the goal of World Backup Day, “celebrated” on the 31st of March every year, to bring … Read more
Safer Internet Day 2019 is celebrated globally on Tuesday 5th February with the slogan: ‘Together for a better Internet’. Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the celebration sees hundreds of organisations get involved and join a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. The day offers the opportunity … Read more
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