Tag: malware
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Two-thirds of UK healthcare organisations breached last year
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM News
The majority of healthcare organisations in the UK experienced a cyber security incident during 2019, with almost half the result of viruses and malware introduced on third party devices. Read via Computer Weekly.
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Travelex: Met Police called-in last week as Travelex FINALLY admits Sodinokibi ransomware attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Travelex statement admits Sodinokibi ransomware outbreak but claims that no “structured personal customer data” has been compromised. Read via Computing.
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Cyber security breaches hit unprecedented highs in UK defence industry
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
An unprecedented number of security incidents were reported to the Ministry of Defence during the last 12 months. Read via Sky News.
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UK man sentenced to prison for hacking and spying on victims through their webcams
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
UK police say suspect recorded victims during intimate moments using malware named Imminent Monitor RAT. Read Via ZDNet.
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Security Predictions for 2020 from the Advent IM Team
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
It’s that time of the year when our consultants get the crystal ball out and make some predictions for the year to come… New Year, Same Problems … Another year and another set of predictions from the Advent IM Team … Mike Gillespie: Organisations will finally take the talking spoon off IT and stop buying […]
Read MoreHundreds of compromised WordPress and Joomla websites are serving up malware to visitors
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Researchers see a spike in compromised domains attempting to deliver malicious payloads including Shade ransomware and phishing links. Read full story.
Read MoreIt’s day 17 of the #AdventAdventCalendar – have you received any Christmas e-card greetings yet?
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Security Think Tank: Human, procedural and technical response to fileless malware
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
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.
Read More1. Fileless attacks – a growing menace. A series of opinions from Advent IM Consultants
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
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 […]
Read More#Security predictions for 2018 from the Advent IM Team
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
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 […]
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