It seems that a day does not go by without a news story of an organisation getting infected by ransomware and losing control of their information and business. Gang behind huge cyber-attack demands $70m in Bitcoin – BBC News TechLinked – Ransomware – probably the largest attack yet The businesses that make the news are […]
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Over the last couple of weeks I have been working with Microsoft through one of their security articles. As part of an investigation we needed something that could identify if malicious rules or forms could have been inserted into an organisation. For instance, if an email account gets hacked and your details are
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If you own and use a computing device, either for work or in your personal life, then it is vulnerable to malicious misuse by unknown third parties. Please note I used the term, “computing device”. This will obviously include a computer running Microsoft Windows, probably one of the most targeted platforms by attackers. And why
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AAA = Authentication, Authorisation and Accountability AAA is a vital step in any cyber security strategy is: AAA, the first two As gives you the ability to control who has access to your information and what information they are able to see. The third A is accountability – without this the first two As are
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One of the great strengths of Microsoft 365 for Business is that collaboration was central when it was being developed. There is a prominent “Share” button in Word, Excel and PowerPoint to enable collaboration. Fig 1 – The Share button in Word I will be using Word as an example but the skills are transferable
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Do you need to worry about this? Should firms be more worried about firmware cyber-attacks? – BBC News Most malware works at a “surface level” which is why, in most cases, the user must be tricked into allowing the malicious program to run. For example, clicking a link in an email or opening an attachment.
Here is the full story – they started off simple. 50 years of malware? Not really. 50 years of computer worms? That’s a different story… (sans.edu) The takeaway from this is: Update your software Use effective defences across your systems – for example anti-virus and anti-malware software, secure Wi-Fi, firewalls, staff training Have professional monitoring
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Following our blog about unwanted ads last weekend, I thought I would pass on a warning from Microsoft, which came out last Thursday. A piece of malware is targeting major browsers such as Edge, Chrome and Firefox and incidents have been found all over the world. It works by injecting itself into search results and
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At the moment I am working on my Master’s degree dissertation which has a long and complicated title but essentially is about how small businesses use Microsoft 365. As part of the background work I have been looking at privacy and security and how the two relate, and how business understands them, and how decisions
