Covid-19 the government has a great read on this one

Hello folks,

In my email, I found a combined note from DHS and the UK version NCSC. This joint collaberation release talks about the trends both agencies have seen throughout this trying time.

It can’t be stated enough to know where your email is coming from. As I posted before, MENVI has been getting Email from Microsoft and the links in question don’t even point to the proper place. While those emails are not harmful when clicking on links, others may.

The alert covers Zoom problems just like other articles like the one linked within this pargraph. Lots of security people have talked about locking Zoom down, nd some even moving away from Zoom altogether. If they do move away from Zoom and go to Microsoft Teams for example, than Teams may, from what I’ve heard and read, be targeted next.

The Term Zoom Bombing has been coined after the actors decided to target the platform people think is the easiest to use, and it is. Its got different risks that you must be aware of. Each person is going to have to figure out what works for them, and there are lots of solutions to meet people’s needs.

I recently attended a webinar done by Mikko Hypponen who has been around as long as Jon Clay. We can’t forget the aspect of the U.S. giving bad advise to boot, so seeing this joint release may be a step in the right direction for people to read.

It falls along the line of the webinar by Mikko and even this webinar by Mr. Clay which talks about this in light differently.

If you search webinar on the blog, you’ve got lots of different webinars to look at. It can’t be stated enough that these are teaching tools, and that you need to understand the threat landscape a little bit and understand what to look for.

This article from the government: Alert (AA20-099A) COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors should be read and the webinars should be checked out.

I’ll be releasing the webinar by Mikko for my next podcast, I’ve been holding off to give people a chance to watch it first. Do leave thoughts on this, and we’ll be in touch soon.

Stay safe!