I have published several posts this week talking about the lowering cost and skill sets needed to run a successful cyber attack – such as infecting your systems with ransomware. This is because the well resourced cyber criminal gangs are renting their malware and other resources to less well resourced gangs. Therefore adopting the model of the “gig economy” and “…as a service” models, and increasing the threat and risk to all of us.
Ransomware how it spreads and what you can do about it
The Russia Ukraine conflict is still in the news – and I have updated the pinned advice post this week.
Tuesday was Microsoft’s patch Tuesday – so check that you and all your team have run the updates and patches that were issued. Not sure how you are going to do that across all the computers and servers you are responsible for – then have a look here. Simply relying on “automatic updates” is not good enough, if you want the best cyber security out there.
I have also featured an article from the Octagon blog this week. Martin’s post about a phishing text message he got this week, trying to worry him into clicking on a malicious link.
My contribution, this week, to the Octagon blog is featured in today’s “Because It’s Friday” post. The “Geek Dad” Father’s Day blog for Octagon is coming soon…
There it is for this week. Have a good weekend and remember if you have an interest in privacy and cyber security technology and want something more in depth or lighter to read over the weekend, you could have a look at the “weekend read” articles I have published.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
This is a weekly round-up of the articles from Smart Thinking Solutions, our specialist cybersecurity, governance and compliance web site.
The articles are mostly quick reads to give you an overview of the cybersecurity threat landscape facing businesses today, with links to the sources. Many of the posts have action points or top tips to help you navigate these threats to your organisations.
Sometimes they are just there to make you smile!
