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CYBER INSIGHTS: Friday, 29 March 2024 – Today’s SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence

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Gibraltar: Friday  29 March 2024  at 07:00 CET

CYBER INSIGHTS: The Latest 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 


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1). What is GDPR? – Unlocking GDPR: A Comprehensive Guide to Data Protection Regulations – The GDPR is a data privacy regulation from Europe that grants rights to individuals in the EU/EEA over how their personal information gets processed, irrespective of whether the processing occurs online or offline, with a focus on SMEs and Small Businesses.

CYBERInsights have produced a series of definitive explainers KPIs (Knowledge Panel Insights) covering the key threat areas currently affecting European SMEs (Small Businesses) 

Image Credit: Henning Schlottmann
Image Credit: Henning Schlottmann

2). TAKE-DOWN: GERMANY – BKA Take Down “NEMESIS Market” in major initiative against Darknet – The Bundeskriminalamt, Germany’s Federal Police force have seized “NEMESIS Market” in a major offensive against Darknet operations. “NEMESIS Market” emerged in 2021 and is reported to have had 150,000 users and over 1,100 vendor accounts.

The Darknet “NEMESIS Market” offered narcotics, fraudulent data (banking& credit card data) fake documents & Cybercrime-as-a-service including RansomwarePhishing & DDoS attacks. 

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3). NCSC: CYBER ESSENTIALS PROGRAM – The NCSCs Funded Cyber Essentials Program aims to help SMEs and organisations within sectors most at risk of Cyber attack with free, hands-on help to implement the controls that prevent most common types of attacks. SMEs with <50 staff developing fundamental Technologies in the UK can apply for free help to get Cyber Essentials Plus Certification.

Small or Micro companies registered in the UK and working on the development of fundamental AI or Quantum Technologies, Engineering Biology or the Development of Semiconductors can apply for help.

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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

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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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