Megan Pressler, Author at Citation Cyber

Cyber Security First Aid: The Steps for Business Recovery Following a Cyber Attack

Uncategorised / 29 October 2021

As technologies advance and become more integrated into our lives, so do the tactics used by cyber criminals to try and compromise your business. Keeping up to date with the latest cyber criminal activities can be difficult, and ensuring your business has an effective cyber security strategy throughout its operations can also seem like an […]

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European Cyber Security Month 2021

Uncategorised / 4 October 2021

Today, is the start of this years’ European Cyber Security Month! Every year, throughout October, individuals and organisations promote and showcase the importance of cyber security, and how this can benefit both our work and private lives. As technologies advance, so do the tactics cyber criminals use to try and compromise your devices and data –

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Plentific Cyber Attack Targets London Housing Association

Uncategorised / 23 September 2021

With over 3.4 billion fake emails being sent on a daily basis, it comes to no surprise that phishing is one of the most common methods used by cyber criminals. This time, it’s a housing association that’s been hit by an email phishing cyber attack . . . The Plentific attack, which resulted in residents

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UK Transport Sector Targeted By Nine UnReported Cyber Attacks

News, News/Press / 16 September 2021

Nine cyber attacks in the last three years affecting the UK transport sector have been missed by the UK’s mandatory reporting laws. These attacks were only disclosed to the Government for Transport on a voluntary basis. This is because the mandatory thresholds for reporting cyber incidents across the energy, transport, health, water and digital infrastructure

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Feature Release – Mitiphish

Feature Releases and Hub Updates / 27 August 2021

Due to the recent pandemic, 85% of employees surveyed in both the UK and US are sending more emails, and these have seen the biggest increase in usage even compared to video-calling and messaging apps. However, cyber criminals have capitalised on this increase, and the rise in malicious emails has seen 47% of employees falling for phishing scams due

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REvil Malware Infection: What is the Kaseya Attack?

News, News/Press / 6 August 2021

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The IT management software vendor, Kaseya, recently suffered a large-scale REvil ransomware attack – REvil is the same group supposedly responsible for attacking meat processing giant JBS at the end of May. The attackers were reported to have compromised Kaseya’s remote monitoring system, VSA, resulting in its customers temporarily shutting down their on-premises servers. According

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Feature Release – Compliance Courses

Feature Releases and Hub Updates / 2 August 2021

Compliance Courses. Mitilearn is our cyber security awareness training service that provides modules focused on best practises within cyber security and GDPR, as well as giving information around cyber-criminal activities and the ways they could compromise your data and finances. Mitilearn is designed by experts and built in-house, giving our users a comprehensive, yet simplified,

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4 Top Tips to Defend Against Ransomware Attacks

Advice, News, News/Press, SMEs / 28 July 2021

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Given the frequency of large-scale ransomware attacks in recent months, it’s no surprise that ransomware is the cyber threat that’s on everyone’s minds right now. Today, ransomware presents a multi-billion pound attack vector for cyber criminals. Statistics revealed there were 304 million ransomware attacks in 2020 – 62% up on the total number of ransomware

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SMBs: Understanding Your Threat Landscape

Advice, News/Press, SMEs, Threat Intelligence, Threat Intelligence Service / 13 July 2021

Small Business. Soft Target Small businesses are under attack. The UK Government’s Breaches Survey of January 2021 revealed that 38% of micro and smaller businesses had identified a breach or attack within the previous 12 months. When Covid-19 hit last year, organisations of every shape and scale were thrown into chaos. Cyber criminals were quick

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Meat Processing Company Hacked with a Ransomware Attack

News, News/Press / 7 July 2021

JBS, the world’s largest meat processing company, which supplies beef production in the US, Australia and Canada, is the latest major company to be hit by a ransomware attack by cyber criminals. The attack forced operations to grind to a halt, impacting thousands of workers and disrupting the meat supply chain. Ransomware, which locks down

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Feature Release – Mitilearn Entry-Level Courses

Feature Releases and Hub Updates / 29 June 2021

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Mitilearn is our cyber security awareness training service that provides modules focused on best practises within cyber security and GDPR, as well as giving information around cyber-criminal activities and the ways they could compromise your data and finances. Mitilearn is designed by experts and certified by the NCSC, giving our users a comprehensive, yet simplified

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The Rise of Covid-19 Cyber Attacks

Advice, News/Press / 17 June 2021

When Covid-19 took hold early last year and the world reeled from its deadly fallout, cyber criminals quickly spied an opportunity to take advantage. At the time, many businesses were in chaos, struggling to stay functional as offices became a no-go, workers were scattered to remote locations and operations disrupted. But in those dark days

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5 Benefits of Cyber Security Training

Advice, Citation Cyber Services, News/Press / 10 June 2021

Cyber security training is an essential line of protection against cyber crime alongside technical defences, and security policies. 46% of UK businesses reportedly suffered a cyber security breach or attack last year. Yet, studies show that security-related risks are slashed by 70% when businesses invest in cyber security awareness training Why is training so important?

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Ransomware – Past, Present and Future

Advice, Citation Cyber Services, News/Press, SMEs / 14 May 2021

Ransomware. We have all heard about it, seen it on the news and have heard that this is something that can massively impact our devices and organisation, but what exactly is ransomware? When and how did it begin? What can we do to mitigate our risk of falling victim to a ransomware attack? To answer

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Feature Release – Miticert

Feature Releases and Hub Updates / 5 May 2021

Organisations are becoming more reliant on technology and the risk of a cyber attack is increasing, with an estimate of 40% of UK businesses receiving a cyber attack or breach this year! With stricter standards of data processing due to the UK GDPR 2021 and DPA 2018, ensuring your business has the correct cyber security

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