Ransomware is a particularly unpleasant, and very prevalent, form of cyber criminality. It’s called ransomware because you, the victim, are literally held to ransom. All files stored on your computer are encrypted, and the criminals will only provide the key to decrypt when you pay...
The year is 2018 and cyber security is not a new topic. So why is it that every day hacking makes the front page? Why are we doing so badly with what is, at this point, not a new problem? There have been a couple of...
Security awareness training is a big topic, but something lots of organisations struggle with. While more or less everyone recognises that cyber security is not just a technical problem, and that good user behaviour is vital, actually deciding how to go about achieving this can...
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post giving some advice on what you should do first if you find yourself in charge of cyber security at your organisation. You can read it here. I thought I'd follow up on that post, with some...
Recently we had a call from a client who had received an extremely targeted malicious email, aimed at convincing the financial director to transfer a large amount of money to a designated bank account at the apparent request of someone else senior in the same...
In todays post we're going to delve into the world of open source intelligence, and see how you can use this to defend your organisation. So what is open source intelligence? Without wanting to delve too deeply into what is and what isn't 'intelligence', open source intelligence...
On June 5th a US agency you had probably never heard of (I hadn't) called the Office of Personnel Management (OPM hereafter) confessed to an enormous breach, which had compromised the records of millions of federal employees. The OPM acts as a kind of centralised...
As The Cyber Security Expert I am often asked, "how do I know if this email is spam or not?", to which I answer "if you have to ask, then it's spam". Slightly flippant I appreciate, but broadly true. Any email exhorting you to do...