CYBER INSIGHTS: Thursday, 14 March 2024 – Today’s SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence

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WELCOME TO TODAY’S EDITION OF CYBERINSIGHTS – MY DAILY ROUNDUP OF THE LATEST EUROPEAN SME CYBERSECURITY NEWS, INTELLIGENCE & ANALYSIS INCLUDING: 1). PHISHING, 2). PASSWORD POLICY & 3). RANSOMWARE

1). PHISHING – EARLY WARNING : As the fiscal year comes to a close & phishing threats increase the NCSC launches EARLY WARNING a free to use Initiative providing advanced alerts to keep you one step ahead of Cybersecurity threats. Early Warning will deliver the latest Cyber Threat Intel, Network Abuse & Vulnerability Alerts.

Help secure Your SME for Free. Click Here to Set-up EARLY WARNING Free Alerts Now! N.B. Early Warning is designed to complement your existing threat products and should not be used in isolation.

2). PASSWORD POLICY – According to Verizon 80% of data breaches stem from either weak or re-used (previously compromised) Are your SMEs Passwords Secure Enough? A strong password policy is any organization’s first line of defense against intruders according to Netwrix in their latest guide Password Policy Best Practices.

ABOUT NETWRIX – Netwrix empowers security professionals to face digital threats with confidence by enabling them to identify and protect sensitive data as well as respond to & recover from attacks.

3). RANSOMWARE: High-tech Crime Trends highlights surge in Ransomware attacks. The growing appetite of nation-state sponsored threat actors, aka APT groups, has shown that no region is immune to Cyber threats. Group-IB experts discovered a 70% increase in the number of public posts offering zero-day exploits for sale.

ABOUT GROUP-IB: Group-IB is a leading creator of Cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent and fight digital crime. Build the Cybersecurity that protects and enables your SME with Group-IB.

CYBERSECURITY EVENTS – EUROPE | LIVE & VIRTUAL

17/03/2024 – RETHINK! IT SECURITY | Berlin – Learn More /…
20/05/2024 – CYBERWISECON EUROPE | Online – Learn More /…
31/05/2024 – SANS RANSOMWARE SUMMIT | Online – Learn More /…

CYBER VOICE/PR WIRE | POST YOUR NEWS HERE

CYBER TRAINING: Test Drive World-Class SANS Cyber Security Training
GARTNER: Roll out the AI Opportunity Radar to your executive team.
VEEAM: Cybersecurity Best Practices and Hybrid Cloud Resilience.
SME RESOURCES: Why Choose Datadog? Full-Stack Observability.
SPLUNK: Best practices for practical observability – must-read report.

INVESTIGATIONS 2024:

1. THE SMALL BUSINESS LOAN SCAM This model of the Small Business Loan Scam started during the Covid Pandemic and true to form the Scammers were offering “Guaranteed” Small Business Loans. Well, I have to report that the Business Loan Scam is rearing its ugly head. Register Free to read the full Report

2. PHISHING: The Sextortion scam as it is termed, has raised its ugly head again with a refined Scam for 2024. I first wrote about this nearly six years ago after I received a flurry of emails with the standard copy & paste text. Most Small Businesses/ SMEs ignore these threats as not being relevant to business but they would be wrong! Register Free to read the full Report

ABOUT IAIN FRASER – Gibraltar based Accredited Journalist, Authority Writer & Commentator on all aspects of SME (Small, Medium Sized Business) Cybersecurity, Latest Threat Intelligence, Scam Alerts and Best Practice Compliance & Mitigation. In addition to Publishing CYBERInsights, I contribute to 20+ News Sites, Blogs & Digital Magazines.

If you need high quality, well-researched content – Features, Articles, Web Content, Product/Service Review or Guest Post on any aspect of Business (SME) Cybersecurity – On time, On budget, Every time … then We Should Talk! | Email: [email protected]

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