The Equifax data breach affects some 143 million people, or, once you [hopefully] factor out children and people with supposedly no credit history to track, roughly 44% of the total population of the United States. Should you be alarmed? Yes. Absolutely. But what practical steps can you take now to protect yourself, or minimize the […]
October is National Cyber Security Month, and this year the National Cyber Security Alliance have teamed up with the folks from SANS to put together a Cyber Security Awareness Toolkit. The kit includes a planning matrix, email templates, posters, videos, and a host of activities designed to encourage and increase participation in the field of […]
Introduction Unless you’ve been lost in the Outback for the last few years, you’ve probably heard someone make mention of “the cloud”. But you still may not know what exactly is meant by the phrases “all of my important documents are stored in the cloud” or “we back up to the cloud every night”. Essentially […]
Most of you (I hope) are aware of the security risks involved with clicking on links in emails. Phishing is a common form of fraud in which a hacker tries to retrieve confidential information such as login credentials, personal identification, or even credit card information via email. Typically, a “phisher” will send an email that […]
The Netherlands’ National High Tech Crime Unit, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, Kaspersky Labs and Intel Security have teamed up to launch a new project and website intended to fight the rise in ransomware attacks on global businesses: PC Mag’s write up is here: http://www.pcmag.com/news/346410/security-experts-team-up-to-help-you-fight-ransomware And the official site can be found here: https://www.nomoreransom.org/ While there […]
Via ZDNet: Security firm Avecto has released a report that argues that up to 86% of all Windows security vulnerabilities could be mitigated by the simple removal of administrative privileges on enterprise workstations. The full text of the report itself can be found here: http://learn.avecto.com/2015-microsoft-vulnerabilities-report
