BH Consulting

JANUARY 16, 2024

BH Consulting Celebrates 20 Years in Business We are thrilled to announce and celebrate a significant milestone in our journey – 20 years of dedicated service in the field of cyber security and data protection. Emsisoft, which provides ransomware decryption tools, published an extensive report into the state of ransomware.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

By the time you have finished reading this sentence, an organisation somewhere in the world will have fallen victim to a ransomware attack and had at least some of its corporate data encrypted. Clearly, organisations need to be more aware that they’re at risk and where the risks are.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This week, I've been writing up my 5-part guide on "Fixing Data Breaches" On Monday I talked about the value of education ; let's try and stop the breach from happening in the first place. Let's begin by understanding the current state of affairs. How organisations respond to reports like this can vary wildly.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Totaling up to billions of Australian Dollars at risk each year from hackers and various online scams, it's crucial that organisations (and individuals!) Australia is no stranger to this rising concern, with recent reports indicating a rise in the number and severity of breaches. What is phishing?

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BH Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

Strengthening security awareness stops scapegoating staff for shortcomings. A time of upheaval in the way we work has meant employees to follow the right security behaviours in vastly different circumstances. The 2021 SANS Security Awareness Report offers an interesting look back over the past year. billion in 2019.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 25, 2023

Infoblox claims that this unique DNS signature for Decoy Dog “ matches less than 0.0000027% of the 370 million active domains on the internet ” Pupy itself has been seen in numerous nation state attacks and other serious compromises. Back in 2020, it was at the heart of a European electricity association breach.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2021

At a time of year when many security professionals are putting the finishing touches to budget proposals, the latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) has outlined the key risks facing organisations in Europe. The report listed ransomware affiliate programmes as a major risk.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 15, 2022

Verizon DBIR 2022 findings highlight the human factor in breaches. The 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report has found – once again – that people were the main driver behind most breaches. Security figures on social media debated exactly what the human factor percentage means.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 19, 2018

Let's start with this video as it pretty succinctly explains the issue in consumer-friendly terms: VIDEO: Nova Scotia's government is accusing a 19-year-old of breaching their government website's security ~ Privacy experts disagree. There are plenty of crossroads many of us face where similar mistakes can easily be made.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 8, 2021

The Conti ransomware operators demanded payment of $20 million and threatened to release some of the data, a tactic known as double extortion. The Conti ransomware operators demanded payment of $20 million and threatened to release some of the data, a tactic known as double extortion.

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McAfee

MAY 26, 2020

It may be that the same is happening to the General Data Protection Regulation as it approaches the mark of its second year of enforcement: Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) seem to be paralyzed by limited budgets, a lack of resources, and most DPAs consider that the GDPR is not fully enforced.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Well, that ranges from wonky outputs to a full-blown security meltdown. Brace yourself – here lies a rollercoaster of user experience nightmares, data debacles, and functionality fiascos. It’s like having a sleek robot assistant, always ready to lend a hand. And what’s the fallout? ” Why is AI the new sliced bread?

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 13, 2021

Awareness and interest in cybersecurity is up Thanks to media attention due to hacks and data breaches plus campaigns and initiatives run by governments, tech giants, system integrators, cybersecurity consultancies and product vendors, more people than ever are interested in cybersecurity. But this isn’t all.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 20, 2023

Data protection and privacy specialists (let’s use the term privacy professionals for simplicity) are some of the most well-qualified people I know – many with robust legal or compliance backgrounds. Consequently, the need to know and understand information security at this level is an increasing requirement for privacy professionals.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 30, 2023

Despite the continued warnings, data breaches and endless guidance – a weak and easily hackable password guards a sobering number of online accounts and identities. eIDAS2 means that by September 2023, each EU Member State must make a digital ‘wallet’ available to every citizen who wants one.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Ransomware incidents have increased in frequency and impact, posing one of the most significant threats to organisations in Australia and New Zealand. As a result, solutions centered on defending identity stores such as Microsoft AD, often compromised in ransomware attacks, are vital for governments and organisations.

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SecureList

JUNE 20, 2022

Legal attribution assesses if there has been a breach of international law. Finally, political attribution implies the political decision to publicly or privately announce those assessments and tie them to a particular state or private actor. How then can they find out who was behind an attack and why?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, May 2021. The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published its Smart Cities (connected places) guidance for UK local authorities. Is your Home Router a Security Risk?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Thankfully, cybersecurity professionals everywhere are working on inventing new tech and improving upon legacy technology solutions to maintain pace with these criminals who threaten our data security. Learn more about what security leaders have to say about the upcoming year below: Neil Jones, cybersecurity evangelist, Egnyte.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 2, 2021

By Chris Sedgwick, director of security operations at Talion. Even the 2008 financial crisis was imbued with substantial safety nets for many of the organisations that needed to be bailed out. Cryptocurrencies are a topic that touches many areas; not only finance and investing but technology and even political arenas.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 3, 2021

I've investigated hundreds of data breaches over the years (there are 514 of them in Have I Been Pwned as I write this), and for the most part, the situation with Gab is just another day on the internet. A couple of days ago, I posted a thread about their alleged breach. Gab's approach.

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