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Cyber Attacks - Most of them are not as high-tech as you'd think
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Spam, ransomware, phishing, spear phishing and SQL injection are all known attacks which can, and do, breach company and individual security. However QA finds many people do not think about the physical element (what can be physically seen and heard). Firewalls, antimalware, two factor and authentication do not protect against someone over-hearing a conversation, or seeing a screen. It is often said “people are the weakest link”.
Loose lips sink ships
A QA cyber expert was on a flight from a London airport to another location in the United Kingdom, and observed someone unlock their phone, from three rows back on the plane. This was the pattern:

Website is back online and re-energised
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Personal story on “identity theft”, it is so easy to do, I think we are all in the wrong job!
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I was happily working at home today (mid 2017) on the phone and the post came. Two envelopes; 1. A congratulations on your new home card since last week I bought a place or really the bank did. 2. A more interesting envelope from a well-known online retailer saying I owe them £1300 and I have missed the payment deadline. Three A4 sheets and one was titled “Notice of Default Sums under the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Erh I was thinking since I have not used that online store in years.
The name rang a bell and I will admit I was wrong here. Not that long ago came a letter from the same online retailer saying your credit statement is zero and your limit is x. I simply read the letter, shredded it and ignored it. Why? Because I have bought from them before and had letters before. Straight on to the phone and they transferred me to their fraud team. They said you have been a victim of identity theft, alarm bells going off and all brain focus has transferred to this phone call.
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