If Scattered spider and/ or its affiliates is the group reportedly behind the M&S hack, they have a well documented track record in cyberattacks. It is believed the group is made up of script kiddies, teenagers and young adults colloquially…
Brian D. McCarthy, now and again there are presentations that are worth watching. This is one of them by the CEO of CrowdStrike, George Kurtz. It’s a well researched summary over the development of audit, risk management, governance and the…
Tom McLeodAfter a recent LinkedIn post on the impact of AI on Internal Audit I received a message to say that I was a techno optimist and that I was completely wrong about AI’s imminent impact on the profession we…
The cyber attack against Marks and Spencer is taking a turn for the worst, as it is being reported that some stores are now being left with empty shelves. That could point to a take down of its ERP system,…
Thank you Bryan Foss and Olaf Classen Another UK retailer succumbs to a cyberattack. As the third big UK retail brand comes under a cyber attack in the past 2 weeks, behind Marks and Spencer and the Co-op. wonders if…
Following on the back of M&S suffering a cyber attack that’s affected it’s online operations for the past week. The CooP announces that its dealing with a cyber attack. Restricting some system access as a pre-emptive measure.¢â‚¬Å“In the space of…
Seems as though issues with power generators or power infrastructure is flavour of the month, as Nova Scotia Power announces it has suffered a cyber incident, discovered on the 25th April. comes at a time when Spain and Portugal…
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The power fairies were at it in the UK, a day before they started on Spain. The UKs electricity grid operator (Neso) is investigating unexplained power plant failures in the UK immediately before the power outage in Spain and Portugal.…
There are few metaphors that you can use to describe a cyber attack and its fall out. It’s a unenviable position to be in when one suffers a cyber attack, least of all if the organisation is not prepared and…
