Saturday, November 13, 2021

Is this the minimum for ransomware?

https://threatpost.com/cybersecurity-best-practices-ransomware/176316/

Top 10 Cybersecurity Best Practices to Combat Ransomware

In fact, recent Veritas Technologies research suggests that the average organization has had 2.57 ransomware attacks that led to significant downtime in the past 12 months, with 10 percent experiencing downtime that impacted business more than five times.



There are times when you can’t really act like a proud parent, but keeping the knowledge that you might have the next Bill Gates can be kinda hard…

https://www.databreaches.net/mom-says-her-11-year-old-son-hacked-into-his-schools-virtual-system-and-shut-down-classes/

Mom says her 11-year-old son hacked into his school’s virtual system and shut down classes

That feeling when you are told your child is some kind of evil genius/master criminal who has been sabotaging the school district’s network for months….

Jeroslyn Johnson reports:

A mom recently went viral on TikTok after finally revealing all the trouble her 11-year-old son has been in due to his amazing tech skills.
TikTok user @VictoriaPrettyMuch took to TikTok last week to share a three-minute testimonial about her tech-savvy son who used his talents to do what any other 5th grader would do….get his class canceled.
Victoria recalled the school calling her in April 2021, telling her to come in because her child was in “major trouble.” She said four police officers, the district attorney’s office, superintendent, principal, and three IT technicians were all waiting for her upon arrival.

Read more on Black Enterprise.

[From the article:

...authorities went easy on the elementary school student and only punished him with some computer programming classes and community service instead of filing criminal charges.



I wonder if they are using AI as much as other industries?

https://threatpost.com/organized-cybercrime-syndicates-europol/176326/

Threat from Organized Cybercrime Syndicates Is Rising

Europol reports that criminal groups are undermining the EU’s economy and its society, offering everything from murder-for-hire to kidnapping, torture and mutilation.

From encrypting communications to fencing ill-gotten gains on underground sites, organized crime is cashing in on the digital revolution.

The latest organized crime threat assessment from Europol issues a dire warning about the corrosive effect the rising influence of criminal syndicates is having on both the economy and society of the European Union. And it’s all happening online.



A little more detail but still rather pathetic. How often will “new” technology be used to baffle a judge? (Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.)

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/12/22778801/kyle-rittenhouse-bruce-schroeder-screenshot-zoom-in

Rittenhouse trial judge still baffled by pinch-to-zoom



Tools & Techniques.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/learn-microsoft-access-5-free-online-resources/

How to Learn Microsoft Access: 7 Free Online Resources


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