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One Million Phishing Messages Reported in Two Months
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced that in just two months of its Suspicious Email Reporting Service being launched, it has received one million reports. According to a statement, the [...]
Remote Workers Becoming More Security Conscious Although Bad Habits Persist
Remote workers have become significantly more cybersecurity conscious since the COVID-19 lockdown began, according to a new study from Trend Micro. It found that nearly three-quarters (72%) of remote workers [...]
Businesses Lack a Workable Ransomware Recovery Strategy
More than a third of businesses do not have a ransomware emergency plan in place, or are not aware if one exists within their company. According to research from Ontrack of [...]
Online Learning Platform Exposes Data on One Million Students
Over one million North American students have had their data exposed after a popular online learning platform left it in a publicly accessible cloud database, according to vpnMentor. Researchers [...]
Researchers Find New Calendar-Based Phishing Campaign
Researchers have once again spotted crooks using calendar invitations to mount phishing attacks. The Cofense Phishing Defense Center found the attack in enterprise email environments protected by Proofpoint and Microsoft, it announced last [...]
Phishing Emails in the Real World
Each week we receive dozens of phishing email attempts. This post, which we will update regularly, showcases some of the better and funnier ones that have been received. It [...]
A Meal of Information Security
If you are like me it is easier to understand things if they are put into something relatable. This is my interpretation of how an information security project can [...]
Why we do what we do…..
Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that has supported YorCyberSec in 2019. Thanks to the input, feedback and support from our customers, suppliers, [...]
Is It Safer To Be Untrusting?
Is It Safer To Be Untrusting? With the rise in scams against the public and organisations is it now safer to be untrusting when receiving emails, calls, texts and [...]
What are the Security Basics
Putting in place appropriate security measures for your business can be confusing, but one thing we can all agree on is the basics, right? But what does that mean, [...]
IT Support is NOT Information Security!
With the many pressures facing smaller businesses, trying to reduce expenditure is always at the forefront of the company mind, but sometimes this leads to taking a shortcut that [...]