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We stand in front of rooms full of people - or, more recently, sit in front of laptop cameras trying to remember what rooms full of people look like - and say: hey, if you fall for a phishing campaign, or you inadvertently delete a directory, or you lose your laptop, get in touch straight away and we'll help you get it sorted. So how do you do something conversational with a bunch of people whose opinions you respect, while retaining a reasonable chance of not blabbing your woes to the public at large? The simplest to make happen is to seek out your peers by going along to local networking events - and even if there aren't any locally run user groups in your field you can also look to professional bodies such as the BCS,2, ISACA and the like, all of which have regional branches or chapters that can be used as a means of meeting the people you'd like to get to know and share with.
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore today released data revealing that cybercrime accounted for 43 per cent of all crime in the city-state during 2020. Ransomware attacks rose 154 per cent from 35 cases in 2019 to 89 in 2020, shifting from what CSA called "Indiscriminate, opportunistic attacks" to "Big Game Hunting".
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British infosec businessees mostly support beefing up the Computer Misuse Act to directly tackle the ransomware crisis - while reform campaign CyberUp has written to Home Secretary Priti Patel offering "Support" for "a renewed, forward looking framework". A number of firms that spoke to The Register expressed firm support for changes to the act that make it easier for law enforcement to pursue and convict ransomware extortionists.
Fans of John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy know how top military secrets are extracted from the enemy. If head KGB spy Karla wanted to learn intricate details of the British military today, he'd just have to check WhatsApp.
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The security team at Forrester busts a number of security myths. Recently, an op-ed sent information security Twitter into a tizzy by blaming cybersecurity industry best practices for recent high-profile security breaches.
A Fujitsu project management suite is causing red faces at the Japanese company's HQ after "Unauthorised access" resulted in data being stolen from government agencies, local reports say. The firm's ProjectWEB tool was reportedly accessed by an unidentified "Third party" who helped themself to data from, among others, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its Cabinet Office Cyber Security Centre and the Ministry of Land.