UK Shipper Was Held to Ransom After 2017 Breach

Clarksons has finally released more details of a 2017 data breach, claiming the hacker demanded a ransom for the stolen information. The UK-headquartered shipper said it discovered unauthorized access to its systems between May 31 and November 4 last year. The attackers got in via a “single and isolated user account” which was subsequently disabled. Read […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 3rd August 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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Catch Mike in the #CNI Theatre at UK Security Expo

Mike will be speaking about Ransomware in the CNI theatre at UK Security Expo 30th November at Olympia. Tweet for a meet @Advent_IM or @Advent _IM_MD

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 23rd November 2017
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CSP: 2017 content now available…

The content from CSP: 2017 is now available, including ours! Slidedecks, articles and audio files are all downloadable here.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 17th August 2017
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Julia’s #Rules to Ransomware Safety

From Advent IM Director, Julia McCarron For those of you who read my irregular blogs, you’ll know I have a passion for the TV series NCIS. When I say passion more of an obsession really. So imagine the irony when they air an episode in the UK about Ransomware, in the wake of the world’s […]

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 22nd May 2017
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Wana Decryptor attack: Q&A with IIRSM’s Mike Gillespie

Mike Gillespie, spokesperson on cyber security for IIRSM and an experienced information security practitioner, answers our questions on the safety implications of last week’s global Wana Decryptor attack. Read the Q&Q here.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 17th May 2017
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CSP: 2017 – Ransomware workshop

York Racecourse is the venue for CSP: 2017 and this year it is 23-24 May. Ellie Hurst will be hosting a workshop to discuss the legalities and implications of paying ransoms through cyberspace, on day 1. Details of the event are here.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 18th April 2017
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Ready for Doxware?

A guest post from Del Brazil – Advent IM Security Consultant Doxware is a more vicious version of Ransomware in that not only does the hacker holds the user to ransom having encrypted their files but also threatens to release sensitive information, photos and/or conversations into the public domain until such time a ransom is […]

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 24th January 2017
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2017 Security Predictions from the Advent IM Team

At this time of year we like to make security predictions for the year to come. Ho Ho Oh dear… Mike Gillespie – Director I predict – further growth and sophistication in phishing attacks, and as a result of these successful attacks and continuing low quality user awareness and education, an increase in the […]

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 13th December 2016
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Ransomware – Is the NHS the next target? – Julia McCarron

It is always a treat to get a blog post from Advent IM Director, Julia McCarron and this time Julia has turned her eye to the spate of Ransomware attacks on US hospitals to ask how resilient the NHS is, should it face a similar level of attack. When I hear the word ransom it […]

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 6th July 2016
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