Echoing NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron’s speeches aimed at business leaders, at the recent Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences in Las Vegas, high on the agenda was the US government’s attempts to foster more collaboration across the infosec industry. Jen Easterly, the new Security Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency was on hand […]
As parts of the world return to something resembling normality, post-pandemic, as individuals, employers and employees, we are all being urged to take cyber security more seriously. But why? To put it mildly, ransomware attacks are a serious threat to both national security and economic stability and failure to take action can have very serious […]
4 New Square chambers, which was recently hit hit by a ransomware attack, has obtained a privacy injunction from the High Court demanding that the person or persons “responsible for engaging in a cyber-attack on [the barristers] on or about 12 June 2021 and/or who is threatening to release the information thereby obtained” do not […]
Preventative measures to help ensure your business is protected from ransomware attacks In May, the Colonial Pipeline operation that carries almost half of the diesel, petrol and jet fuel used on the east coast of the United States was held to ransom for almost a week by cyber criminals. Colonial paid $4.4 million to the […]
Ransomware is the online threat that most concerns GCHQ and we all need to take it more seriously and take steps to defend ourselves against the “cumulative effect” of being victims. So says the CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, Lindy Cameron. “These criminals don’t exist in a vacuum. They are often enabled […]