A third of small businesses have no cyber security strategy

A third of smaller businesses in the UK have not implemented a cyber security strategy and could be unwittingly acting as a gateway to larger organisations, according to research. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 19th March 2019
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London’s top attractions besieged by more than 100 million cyber attacks

18.03.19 – Kew Gardens, National History Museum, Tate Gallery and Imperial War Museum are often attacked by potential data thieves. Read full story.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 18th March 2019
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Ransomware warning: The gang behind this virulent malware just changed tactics again

The gang behind a family of ransomware that has been active for well over a year now have tweaked their tactics in order to ensure the file-locking malware campaign is as effective as possible. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 8th March 2019
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Users don’t have to open malicious docs to trigger new Microsoft malware

A new malware infiltration technique being used in the wild allows attackers to trigger payloads when victims preview documents. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 18th February 2019
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Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 17th December 2018
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Security Think Tank: Human, procedural and technical response to fileless malware

Mike Gillespie in Computer Weekly – What should organisations do at the very least to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware? Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 13th March 2018
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1. Fileless attacks – a growing menace. A series of opinions from Advent IM Consultants

From Del Brazil Senior Security Consultant – Advent IM Fileless Malware Simply put Fileless malware is a very well-engineered piece of malware that is very difficult to detect as part of any post incident analysis. It is designed to operate and survive in the memory of systems and as such once a system is re-booted […]

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 5th March 2018
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#Security predictions for 2018 from the Advent IM Team

Its that time of year. We look back over our shoulder and use the previous 12 months to try and work out what we can expect in the coming 12 months. Sometimes we get it horribly right, such as our prediction of the meteoric rise in ransomware and also that it would start to impact […]

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 21st December 2017
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Mike talks to CSL’s Simon Banks about cyber crime and security for installers

This month Simon Banks talks to Mike Gillespie, Founder of Advent IM Ltd the UK’s leading independent information security and physical security consultancy. Mike is also Vice President of ‘The Centre for Strategic Cyberspace + Security Science’. Read it here.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 15th December 2017
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Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 12th December 2017
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