Attacks and cybersecurity news A Catholic bishop and a priest in Togo, among others, have been revealed as the latest victims of spyware created by NSO Group. This is the first time that the Pegasus spyware is known to have been used against members of the clergy. WhatsApp alerted Bishop Benoît Alowonou and five other …
Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 10 August 2020 Read More »
Introduction It is imperative to understand the threats and vulnerabilities facing one’s organisation to mitigate the associated risk of a cyberattack. We are regularly asked to define the biggest cybersecurity challenges. Inevitably, they are the same: vulnerability management to reduce the attack surface; phishing attacks (which still account for over 90% of initial compromise and …
In this month’s podcast, the third to be recorded online, we took a broader view of the cyber threat landscape, expanding the scope of our topics to include more than just coronavirus-related issues. That’s not to say we don’t come back to COVID-19: the subject is still extremely important and appears to be here to …
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COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update A recent interview with a member of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that state-sponsored groups have focused on exploiting COVID-19 fears to deliver malware and steal data. Before the lockdown, aviation was the main priority for CISA, but healthcare and the supply chain for food are now facing …
Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 8 June 2020 Read More »
COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned users about scam coronavirus (COVID-19) contact tracing texts. There has been an increasing number of SMiShing messages asking users to click a malicious link. The FTC claims that clicking the link will download software onto the device, enabling scammers access to personal and financial …
Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 26 May 2020 Read More »
COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update The Financial Times reports that Chinese threat actors are targeting coronavirus research in the United States. This comes at a time of escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing over the pandemic. The FBI and CISA are investigating the “targeting and compromise” of US research groups by China and its affiliates and warned …
Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 18 May 2020 Read More »
COVID-19 cybersecurity update In the face of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, individual cybercriminals and groups have re-geared their operations to use coronavirus lures. Recent research revealed a 148 per cent month-on-month increase in ransomware attacks from February to March, alongside a spike in attacks on financial institutions. Over a dozen state-sponsored threat groups have been …
Geopolitical and Cybersecurity Weekly – 27 April 2020 Read More »
COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update The government of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), a province in western Germany, has reportedly lost between €31.5 million up to €100 million in emergency aid following a COVID-19 phishing campaign. The threat actors behind the campaign created fake copies of the official website used to distribute COVID-19 financial aid by the NRW Ministry …
COVID-19 Cybersecurity Update COVID-19 continues to dominate the cybersecurity landscape with several national security bodies releasing warnings about scams and malicious operations using the pandemic as a lure. US-CERT, CISA, and the UK NCSC issued a joint security advisory outlining an increase in COVID-19-related themes in SMiShing, phishing for credential theft, and malware delivery. The …
Check out the podcast on our YouTube channel here. This month’s vlog and podcast are dominated by coronavirus (COVID-19). Many countries in the world have gone into lockdown; stock markets across the globe have tumbled, with the economic effects expected to be devastating even in the face of massive government relief packages; and there is …
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