This month, Cyjax CISO, Ian Thornton-Trump, and Head of Editorial, Tristan de Souza, tackle Russian interference, threat intelligence failure, a Microsoft vulnerability with – shock, horror – wormable potential, the hijacks of numerous high-profile Twitter accounts, and a chat app being used for cyber-espionage in the Middle East. All of our previous podcasts and blogs …
Cyjax Geopolitical Podcast – July 2020 – The Blog Read More »
The full Cyber Threat Brief for Critical Infrastructure can be downloaded here. There has been a significant uptick in cyberattacks exploiting fear of the coronavirus to compromise victims. Notably, however, there has not been a surge in the total number of attacks. Instead, existing cybercriminal operations have been rethemed with COVID-19 lures. Attackers have not …
COVID-19 Critical Infrastructure Cyber Threat Brief 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 »
Despite increasingly stringent measures being taken to slow the outbreak, both in UK hospitals and wider society, the number of cases continues to grow. Hospitals in the UK have cancelled all non-urgent operations for at least three months. Patients considered fit enough to leave have been sent home, and approximately 10,000 extra beds sourced from …
