Just like the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), last week, I took a break from posting the Smart Thinking weekly round-up here at Octagon – although over Easter I posted some things which were a bit more fun and/or a longer read: Vending machines – Absolutely Fabulous – Smart Thinking Solutions Crypto for the weekend […]
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 22 April 2022 Read More »
We all still need to be on our guard as the situation between Russia and Ukraine continues. There are stories circulating that hackers on both sides are now moving their interests against countries that are supporting the other side in the conflict. A number of my posts this week highlight why training is a key
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 8 April 2022 Read More »
Do you know what an .xlsb file is? Hackers do and they are using them in phishing attacks. Phishing attacks have been high on the cyber news cycle this week – with warnings about various groups, not involved in the Russia Ukraine Conflict, taking advantage of the confusion and sending malware and malicious links out
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 1 April 2022 UPDATED Read More »
The Zero Day vulnerability The Zero Day threat is probably one of the biggest cyber security problems any small or medium sized organisation that is doing its own IT and security has to deal with. You rely on your anti-virus to snag any incoming threat to your organisation, but there is a gap between the
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I am still leading on the cyber security threat posed to our systems by the conflict in Ukraine – even though it is slower in coming than most analysts feared – although there are indications that the malicious software is starting to leak out across the internet. Making the advisory by the National Cyber Security
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 18 March2022 Read More »
Yes, it’s π Day again and time to make lots of nerdy maths jokes if you are into that kind of thing. Personally I find it causes me to make lots of irrational but perfectly rounded plans. I thought my email password was the last ten digits of π, and then I remembered that whilst
√-1 8 Σ π – and went back for more! Read More »
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has generated a lot of cyber security news and threats this week. As advised by the National Cyber Security Centre all organisations need to revisit and update as required all their cyber security provisions – we did, and where needed, especially on our internet facing assets, we made changes.
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 11 March2022 Read More »
I am going to start this week’s round-up with the latest cyber security advisory from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – which you all should read. I made some changes to my Cyber Security Master Class this week, when this advisory came out, and took the students through each of the points that
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 4 March2022 Read More »
If you keep up with the cyber security news you can then make the decisions needed to protect your systems. Before the usual preamble I have to start by highlighting the increased cyber security threat to everyone, following the escalation of the Ukraine Russia conflict. We have published advice and reports this week both on
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 25 February 2022 Read More »
