Cyber 3-2-1: booking.com phishing, ransomware attack on China’s biggest bank, and insurers are your new auditors
Cyber 3-2-1: Phishing attacks on booking.com, ransomware attacks on ICBC, and premium attacks by insurers.
Your cyber insurance could be as useful as a chocolate teapot.
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The following is a clause in Hiscox’s current cyber insurance application form*:
“All [users] with administrative privileges [must] have two accounts: one for everyday usage [..], and another only for administrative tasks (e.g. to install or uninstall programs on a computer; to access all files on a computer and/or network; and to modify or create accounts […]
Cyber 3-2-1: Top 10 signs that they’re just not into you, lying on your insurance application form, and a new and just-as-insecure Microsoft Teams
Cyber 3-2-1: Top 10 signs that your IT partner is just not into you, why your insurance policy may increase the likelihood of a cyber attack, New Microsoft Teams but same old security risks.
It’s not just cyber attackers who will check your cyber defences
You may think you have a great solution. But they think are a serious risk.
Cyber 3-2-1: Attacks on 2 service providers; phishing remains the doorway of choice.
Cyber 3-2-1: More attacks on service providers (this time Evide and SD Worx), and further evidence that phishing is the most common way for ransomware attacks to start.
Cyber 321: Cybersecurity lessons from Ukraine, a $150k ransom payment, and more.
Cyber 3-2-1: What are the cybersecurity lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, why did a small business pay a $150k ransom, and why you can’t you trust a phone call anymore?
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: 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.
Cyber 321: 23rd September 2022
Cyber 3-2-1: 58% of cyber incidents start with a phishing email. Plus: North Face, LastPass, and Uber: 3 breaches; many lessons. This week’s action: On the internet, we’re all Capricorns.
Cyber 321: 9th September 2022
Cyber 3-2-1: Cyber insurance cover continues to reduce, Bank of America begins training high schoolers to be cybersecurity experts, and a security flaw in a WordPress plugin exposes 140,000 websites. This week’s action: Who is minding your shopfront?