In mid-June 2020, someone called requesting my help recover his personal Gmail address that had been hacked. You could hear his desperate voice on the other end of the call. He explained that since the coronavirus pandemic, board members decided to be sending all official documents and board packs to several preferred emails of each board member. “Can you recover my Gmail password and get it from the hackers. I am afraid they are going to see all the board papers and details, which will be catastrophic,” he said. Any victim of cybercrime needs their service restored as soon as…
Australia reports a massive cyber attack by a state actor
Canberra, 19th June 2020: A massive cyber-attack is spreading across the world, as it causes chaos in its wake. It has been reported in global online media that “On Friday, a massive wave of cyber-attacks swept across 99 countries, with cyber-security experts claiming it could be the biggest attack of its kind ever recorded.” The Australian media reported the following: “Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull insisted that even if we are targeted, the government is prepared. We are continuing to monitor the situation closely and stand ready to deal with any cyber-security threat to Australia’s critical infrastructure,” he said through a…
Many victims of cybercrime never report to police
Are you too secure to be hacked? If you or any of your team member has Internet access or use social networks like WhatsApp, Email, Skype to mention but three, you are vulnerable to cyber-attacks if you connect through the same network! Jane (not real name), a 24-year-old dark-skinned lady was excited with several ‘friendship’ requests on her new Facebook account that she forgot to change the default ‘security settings’. One ‘friend’ she accepted gained access to her profile details and got her email address, mobile phone, and name of close relatives. In late 2018, she became a victim of a…
Secure Remote Working Security Basics
When Jane Katungi received a brand-new laptop and a smartphone as part of her home working package, she was elated. “Every crisis comes with a silver lining”, she whispered to a friend as she packed her newly acquired gadgets as she moved her office to home. The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way people live, work, and communicate. Traditional leadership styles have been disrupted too. Every disruption brings opportunities and threats. Whereas Jane’s employer was flexible and agile in providing the required capabilities in terms of a laptop and a smartphone to act as a modem to connect to the…
#covid19 cyber threats and attack vectors: how to be secure
Criminals attack when they are least expected. As you go about your business, someone somewhere is hatching a plan to steal from you. You must stay ready. #covid19 pandemic has disrupted the world in ways no one could have predicted. People are struggling for survival. A starving man has no option: to fight for survival at any cost. With social distancing and night curfew in place, criminals too have embraced the use of technology to eke a living. And that is why you must be more alert than ever to anticipate and manage cyber threats. Hackers are working around the…
The modern warfare: are you safe?
Countries are winning war daily. Covertly through modern warfare: espionage and open source intelligence. Whereas espionage may involve deliberate effort to infiltrate another country, modern warfare has transformed how espionage is done. We are in the era of cyber warfare. In the past, winning a war was about numbers: how many headcounts of soldiers a country hard. How expensive and versatile its armoury was. And how well trained and battle-hardened her soldiers were. This is still important but not critical. It is increasingly clear; soldier’s headcount numbers are important for managing internal dissent as opposed to global enemies and warfare.…
