Tag: cyber attack
News and information from the Advent IM team.
PODCAST: The State of the Nation State with Phil Ingram MBE
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
In this episode we chew the fat with Phil Ingram MBE and look at the escalation of nation state activity and how it affects everyone’s every day lives, both digitally through cyber attacks and in real life such as the Salisbury poisonings. https://www.advent-im.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Propoganda-and-the-State-of-Nation-State-Activity-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | […]
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Lets talk about some ‘highly sophisticated’ cyber attacks…
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Advent IM MD, Mike Gillespie It seems to have become quite popular these days to refer to any attack on infrastructure, especially when it involves Government or Critical Infrastructure, as coming from a ‘sophisticated threat actor’. However, the truth is often that the attack has been facilitated by negligent but accidental internal behaviours, through poor […]
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Arsenal FC sees increase in cyber crime attempts during Coronavirus pandemic
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Arsenal Football Club is seeing an increase in hackers attempting to exploit the global crisis, according to the club’s IT director Christelle Heikkila. Read via diginomica.com
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Travelex paid $2.3 million in ransom to restore its systems
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Criminals allegedly asked for $3 million. Read more via ItProPortal.
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Survey: 37% of workers unaware of ransomware, putting businesses at risk
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Almost 40% of employees surveyed admitted to not knowing what ransomware is, and many of them have already been victims, according to security provider Kaspersky. Read via TechRepublic.
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Coronavirus: Council IT systems ‘compromised by virus scam emails’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Criminals exploiting the coronavirus outbreak have compromised council computer systems, a council has warned. Read via BBC news.
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Travelex under threat as insolvency risk, hacking costs and coronavirus take their toll
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The future of foreign exchange company Travelex, which was disrupted for weeks by a ransomware attack in January,… Read via ComputerWeekly.
Read MoreRedcar & Cleveland Council and Ransomware
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council hit by Cyber Attack By Advent IM Security Consultant Osian Cassells Cyber-attacks continue to wreak havoc throughout industry and businesses across the globe, with no signs of them slowing down. One of the latest victims of the ever-growing threat of a cyber-attack has been part of UK local government, Redcar […]
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College cyberattacks on the rise
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Exclusive: Cyberattacks hit over 100 a month – and are becoming sophisticated and causing more disruption than ever, warns Jisc Read here.
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UK Parliament faces cyber attacks ‘every minute of every day’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK Parliament faces attacks from cyber criminals “every minute”, an internal newsletter has warned, equating every day with November 5 when Guy Fawkes famously tried to set off explosives under the building. Read here.
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