If you are an IT professional running Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 server, you need to be aware that support for these products will end on October 10, 2023. This means that regular security updates, non-security updates, bug fixes, technical support, and online technical content updates will no longer be provided by […]
The future of cyber threats impacts both IT managers and business leaders, but with different priorities and approaches. While both groups recognise the importance of securing their organisation’s digital assets, they have different perspectives on the impact of these threats on their respective roles. I have written 2 articles. Both on the topic of looking […]
The future of cyber threats impacts both IT managers and business leaders, but with different priorities and approaches. While both groups recognise the importance of securing their organisation’s digital assets, they have different perspectives on the impact of these threats on their respective roles. I have written 2 articles. Both on the topic of looking […]
New year, new exploit. This time, it’s another exploit for Microsoft Exchange Server, and it’s out in the wild being actively used to gain control of unsuspecting organisations’ email servers. Microsoft Exchange 2013, 2016 and 2019 has an RCE vulnerability (CVE-2022-41082) that allows threat actors to open an elevated remote PowerShell service, and from there, […]
I recently wrote a blog post about how to spot a phishing attack (read it here), and also incorporated some of the content in a webinar we did with Precursor Security which showed how easy it is to was to compromise a Microsoft 365 account (watch it here). In both I mentioned that if you […]
A phishing attack is sending emails that appear to be from trusted sources to gain personal information, deliver malicious payloads, or compromise account credentials. Phishing attacks are usually transmitted to many email addresses. The contents are not specific to the receiving user and are generally along the lines of “Your Netflix account has been locked, […]
Cyber-attacks happen and are increasing in frequency. Certain sectors are naturally susceptible to these attacks; banking, government, healthcare, and energy sectors will always be targets due to the nature of what they do. But did you know that the Education sector is also very high up the list? Around 20% of all educational institutions have […]
What is Sophos MTR? Sophos MTR Standard or Managed Threat Response, provides 24/7 threat hunting, detection, and response capabilities delivered by an expert team as a fully managed service. What that means is a dedicated team at Sophos will monitor your environment and act on any threat detections using the EDR technology that we are […]
Over the last few months, you may have heard the word EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) banded around when talking about security products, but what does EDR really mean for you and your business? In this article I am going to explore EDR and the tangible benefits that you would see from having this product in place. What is […]
