The company whose antiviral drug remdesivir may help in the fight against COVID19, has been the target of Iranian hackers. Supporting claims by security agencies that hackers are targeting laboritories, hospitals and universities. In a bid by governments to gather…
It appears that the US law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks has been hacked by REvil. Exposing an amount of information (750Gb) belonging to their clients, including, amongst others Madonna and Christina Aguilera. The firm represents ‘A’ list stars…
The US Department of Defence (DoD) is deploying a NIST (and DFARS) based standard through its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) programme. Their supply chain has over 300,000+ companies across its Defence Industry Base(DIB), extending globally. Whether you make boots…
GoDaddy announced this week that it identified a security breach on the 23rd of April, which may have occurred in October 2019. The breach targeted hosting account credentials, and whilst there’s no information on the number of account impacted, GoDaddy…
A great article and summary of the more recent observations on CMMC, addressing the direction of travel for accreditation and opportunities for CMMC outside of defence contracts. CMMC is DFARS and NIST based and adhering to cyber security best practice…
For state actors, state sponsored actors or any other would be hacker. COVID 19 has created new opportunities to be exploited, while current opportunities are on hold. Increased testing and the development of a new vaccine puts healthcare providers, laboratories…
Nearly 3 Months following the Ransomware attack on its services, Redcar Council has 90% of its systems up and running. Undoubtedly its been a difficult time for the council, with COVID 19 to deal with at the same time. View…
CMMC is being driven forward by the US DoD as the standard for Cyber Security oversight and assurance across it’s Defence Industry Base (DIB). With between 300,000 and 350,000 companies in the supply chain, ranging from SMEs up to large…
Never let it be said that On-line training does not work. I’ve just completed 2 days of Law and Procedure training with Michael Cohen of the The Academy Of Experts. A great course and materials outlining the role of an…
About a year ago I asked an artist friend to paint a picture to celebrate my wife’s Grandfather who is 94 (still going strong), and was a member of crew of Lancaster Bombers during World War 2. I received it…
