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Microsoft’s unified Office app launches on iOS and yes, it has dark mode
In November 2019, Microsoft previewed a new version of its Office app for Android and iOS, combining Word, Excel and PowerPoint into a single application. The Android version of the app was made available on Google Play a couple of weeks ago, but it is now officially...
Beware Of Socially Engineered Spear Phishing Attempts
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recently issued an alert regarding the potential for a cyber response from Iran after U.S. military strikes. The alert acts as a primer for protecting critical infrastructure, complete with recommended actions —...
New Feature: Poll added to Outlook
End users will no longer need to download the Quick Poll add-in from the store and manually install it in Outlook to create a poll after we pre-install the Poll add-in. Microsoft will be gradually rolling this out to Outlook for Mac and Outlook on the web (desktop)...
You can upgrade Windows 7 for free! Why wouldn’t you?
“Doomsday is here! The sky is falling! Windows 7 is out of support and all hell will break loose!” – or, at least, that’s what some cybersecurity experts and press outlets want you to think. In this article, I will offer some advice to businesses of all sizes that may...
Cybergang Favours G Suite and Physical Checks For BEC Attacks
Researchers have uncovered a new business email compromise (BEC) threat actor, which they call Exaggerated Lion, targeting thousands of U.S. companies with money pilfering scams. The cybercrime ring is unique in its leveraging of Google’s cloud-based productivity...
Denmark identifies cyber threats in its maritime sector
The Danish Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs recently published its Cyber and Information Security Strategy for the Maritime Sector. The strategy is part of the Danish government’s national strategy for cyber and information security and contains...
UK Updates Ports Cyber Security Guidance
The UK Department for Transportation has updated their Cyber Security for Ports and Port Systems good practice guide. This updates the previous 2016 version, and provides actionable advice on: developing a cyber security assessment and plan for important assets,...
Sports Giant Decathlon Leaks 123 Million Records
French sporting retail giant Decathlon has become the latest big brand to expose user data via a misconfigured database, leaking over 123 million records including customer and employee information, according to researchers. A team at vpnMentor uncovered the 9GB...
CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGES FOR MARITIME INDUSTRY
In the last few decades, the maritime and offshore industries have gone through some considerable changes, globally. As most of the operations and proceedings of this industry have been evolving to a faster, better, and developed methodology, that is, digital...
50,000 SHIPS WORLDWIDE ARE VULNERABLE TO CYBERATTACKS
The 50,000 ships sailing the sea at any one time have joined an ever-expanding list of objects that can be hacked. Cybersecurity experts recently displayed how easy it was to break into a ship’s navigational equipment. This comes only a few years after researchers...