Jamaica Star published an article on August 11, 2020, about IT Experts warning about cyber-attacks. Here’s a summary:
- Locally, there has been a spike in suspicious cybersecurity-related activity for the past few months, according to Gordon Christopher Reckord, CEO for tTech, an IT service provider.
- Their emergency response team has been receiving more calls over the same period but noted that not every activity that seemed malicious was malicious.
- The advice was given that local business owners should guard themselves from cyber attacks and up their cybersecurity awareness training, which can include keeping inventories of all devices used to carry out duties for the business.
- By doing this, if there is an anomaly, it can be easily detected. Additionally, some individuals look for certain vulnerabilities in specific devices, such as those with default settings; these are some of the things businesses need to familiarize themselves with so they do not fall victim to attacks.
Source: jamaica-star.com
Contributed by Racquel Bailey from Jamaica. Racquel is a member of the WISC Discord group from the G5 Cyber Security Foundation Ltd. Learn more about WISC (Women in InfoSec Caribbean) at wiscaribbean.org. WISC is a non-profit initiative supporting Caribbean women and girls to develop a career in Information Security.