It’s the holidays and The Out of Office Message
I thought I would use one of my holiday snaps from earlier this year, for this article. To make it … Read more
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From Encryption Ransomware to Extortion Ransomware Part II
This is part two of my piece on extortion ransomware. The first part is here – you should read it … Read more
From Encryption Ransomware To Extortion Ransomware Part I
What is extortion ransomware? We are all familiar with the ransomware model – encryption malware corrupts your files and demands … Read more
The Blame Game
I finished my last CyberAwake article with the following paragraph about blame: Just don’t blame your people if they click … Read more
The Basics of Cyber Security – A quick look at OSINT and Redacting
We have all seen redacted documents – even if it is just in a movie a TV programme or on … Read more
Back again, because that insider threat has not gone away…
On Tuesday I started this short Insider Threat series with quickly setting the threat landscape and realising that protecting yourself … Read more
The Insider Threat – the threat landscape and the first steps…
No business can operate without trusting someone, somewhere. That is the insider risk. Even if you are a one person … Read more
Where are the boundaries for your cyber security?
There is only so much budget for your cyber security, so where you spend it needs to give you the … Read more
The Out-Of-Office Email and How It Compromises Your Organisation’s Cyber Security
Before heading out on our leave, we all use that handy feature in our email – the Out-of-Office (OOO) auto-reply … Read more
When technical cyber security fails you…
It is not unreasonable to say that ransomware is at epidemic levels, report after report says that malware, ransomware and … Read more
