Information Security awareness blog

Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams are on the rise, with attackers impersonating trusted contacts by using subtly altered email addresses to infiltrate legitimate conversations.

KNP, a 158-year-old UK company, collapsed after hackers exploited a single weak password, leading to a devastating ransomware attack.

The breach encrypted critical systems, resulting in 700 job losses and permanent closure.

This incident highlights the urgent need for strong password policies, multi-factor authentication, and employee cybersecurity training.

The Marks & Spencer (M&S) cyberattack in April 2025 was primarily attributed to human error, specifically involving social engineering tactics that exploited personnel at a third-party supplier.

A recent scam targets students with emails from "My Yearbook," falsely claiming to add profiles to the 2024/2025 yearbook.

DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, founded in July 2023 by Liang Wenfeng. DeepSeek develops open-source large language models (LLMs), making its algorithms, models, and training details freely available for use and modification.

This case study highlights the need to identify phishing links and hence protect ourselves, the university and even our loved ones from exposure to cyber criminals.