I don’t think any of us would have thought in March 2020 that remote working would be as popular as it has become. The scepticism perhaps came from the hurriedness with which the measures were implemented, as many people worked …
Ireland’s health service has temporarily shut down its IT system after experiencing a “significant ransomware attack”. The incident has affected services across a range of hospitals. Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital has cancelled outpatient visits for everyone except those with scheduled paediatric …
Cyber security affects companies of all sizes in all sectors. Moreover, threats are constantly evolving and your legal and regulatory requirements have become major issues – particularly with the introduction of the the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and NIS Directive. …
Welcome to May’s round-up of phishing scams. This month, we look at a scam imitating SharePoint that has bypassed Microsoft’s secure email gateway, and investigate the damaging effects of a data breach at a cryptocurrency platform. SharePoint users caught out …
Regular readers of this blog will have seen us lament the growing number of ransomware attacks in the past year. Our Q1 2021 review of data breaches found that almost one in three publicly disclosed security incidents was a ransomware …
As organisations prepare for what life looks like in a post-pandemic world, one of the many issues they’ll have to address is IT security for home workers. A remote workforce comes with myriad dangers, with employees relying on their home …
It was another busy month in the cyber security sector, as we discovered 143 incidents that resulted in 1,098,897,134 breached records. Ransomware was again one of the biggest contributors to that total, accounting for almost one in three data breaches. …
Welcome to our first quarterly review of cyber attacks and data breaches. For several years, we’ve produced a monthly list of security incidents, comprised of publicly disclosed breaches from mainstream publications. At the start of 2021, we decided to expand …
Too often, organisations fall into the trap of thinking that cyber security is only about preventing data breaches. Their budget is dedicated to anti-malware software, firewalls, staff awareness training and a host of other tools designed to prevent sensitive information …
So, your computer screen has been hijacked by ransomware and the criminals behind the attack are demanding money to return your systems. Now what? That’s a question countless organisations are asking themselves nowadays, with attacks increasing and, according to Mimecast’s …
