by emma@themissus.co | Aug 3, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Cloud breaches are likely to increase in “velocity and scale” due to a prevalence of poor cybersecurity practices in cloud configurations that are creating exposures. This is according to the most recent The State of DevSecOps report by Accurics, which assesses cloud...
by emma@themissus.co | Jul 22, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
The University of York has announced that a ransomware attack suffered by its CRM provider Blackbaud resulted in a cyber criminal stealing the personal information of its alumni, staff, and students and using the data to demand ransom from the company. The ransomware...
by emma@themissus.co | Jul 22, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Nearly half (43%) of UK and US employees have made errors leading to cybersecurity repercussions, according to a new study from Tessian. The analysis, undertaken in April during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests that the disruption and additional stress...
by emma@themissus.co | Jul 22, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Telecom Argentina has been handed a ransom demand of £5.81 million by ransomware hackers who have managed to encrypt up to 18,000 computers using stolen admin credentials. The ransomware attack targeting IT systems belonging to Telecom Argentina took place on 18th...
by emma@themissus.co | Jul 22, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Email account takeover (ATO) attacks often last for over a week and result from employees reusing passwords across multiple sites, according to new research from Barracuda Networks. The security vendor teamed up with researchers at UC Berkeley to study the lifecycle...
by emma@themissus.co | Jul 19, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
The UK government has failed to meet a crucial General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirement in its COVID-19 Test and Trace program, putting people’s privacy rights at risk, according to the Open Rights Group (ORG). This follows an admission by the UK’s...
