Cyber 321: 27th January 2023
Cyber 3-2-1: PayPal and Norton breaches, predictions of imminent cyber catastrophy, and taser-equipped drones. What more could you ask for?
Cyber 321: 20th January 2023
Cyber 3-2-1: Attacks don’t just happen to valuable targets. Telling staff “Don’t click bad links” isn’t working. And why we need to worry about LockBit.
Cyber 321: 13th January 2023
Cyber 3-2-1: This week, there’s one for everyone in the audience, including the board of directors and anyone who relies on an IT MSP to manage their cloud systems. The two numbers this week remind us why invoice fraud is so rampant – Because that’s where the money is! The thing to think about this week? Take two minutes to find out your cybersecurity score.
Cyber 321: 23rd December 2022
Cyber 3-2-1: It’s the last newsletter of 2022 so no homework for you this week. Instead, I’ll focus on some of the other things in the cyber world that may impact us in the future. I mentioned some examples of AI earlier in the week (here and here). So, for Cyber 3-2-1, I’ll talk about crypto. Believe it or not, there is evidence that cryptocurrency may not be just a Ponzi scheme, and that it has some real-world uses. But let’s not ignore the scams either.
Your phone is your wallet. How many bank cards are in there?
Your phone is your wallet. How many bank cards are in there?
Cyber 321: 16th December 2022
Cyber 3-2-1: An outsourced HR provider reports a breach 60 days after it was identified, the European Commission agrees a new directive to oblige service providers to do better, and what the data protection regulators can tell us about security.
What a breach at the Teaching Council teaches us about email auto-forwarding?
Email auto-forwarding: What can we learn from a breach at the Teaching Council?
FBI warns about the dangers of email auto-forwarding
Don’t believe me that email auto-forwarding is a risk? Would you believe the FBI?
Cyber 321: 18th November 2022
Cyber 3-2-1: What have Howard Hughes and Liverpool FC got to do with cybersecurity? Plus: Health data of 5 million Australians has been leaked on the dark web. And I polish my graphic design skills to explain why passwords are bad and MFA is good. This week’s action is straight from James Clear - Are your struggling due to a lack of information or lack of action?
Cyber 321: 11th November 2022
Cyber Sanity: “It will never happen” is a bold claim. “It will _probably_ never happen” is a more realistic and achievable position. Plus: LinkedIn, the ICO, and comedy gold from Seinfeld.