Cyber Security – KCS Group Europe Ltd

The need for proactive investment in Cyber Security

Articles / cyber, Cyber Security, Cyber-attacks, Cybercrime, Due Diligence, Russia / 05/2023 05/2023

In March 2023, Capita, a consulting digital services business, was hit by a cybersecurity breach. Compromised data from the organisation, which works with business and government, reportedly included individuals’ home addresses and passport images. Hackers were able to gain unauthorised access to Capita’s internal systems using a ransomware breach, through which less than 0.1% of …

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Cyber Security in the Workplace

Articles / China, Cyber Security, Cyber-attacks, Cybercrime, Due Diligence, Russia / 10/2022 11/2022

IT vs Cybersecurity: Not where the battle lies Information technology (IT) is concerned with the storage and transmission of digital information. Cyber-security is the protection of the same: both the information, and the means by which it is stored or transmitted. It is crucial that the two are never seen as ‘at odds’ with each …

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Mustang Panda, Hidden Dragon

Articles, Russia Ukraine Conflict / China, Cyber Security, Cybercrime, Due Diligence, Russia / 05/2022 11/2022

‘Bronze President’ is not just another nickname for Donald Trump. It is a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group that has historically operated in the South Asian region, working across Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Burma (Myanmar), to gather sensitive information of interest to Beijing in its own backyard. But there are signs that the group’s targets are …

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Business Risk Update

Articles, KCS Group Europe News, Russia Ukraine Conflict / Cyber Security, Cybercrime, DueDiligence, Ransomware, Ukraine-Russia relations / 05/2022 11/2022

Welcome to the latest edition of ‘Business Risk Update’ – specifically for our clients and partners to provide a snapshot of latest news and articles from the business. The war in Ukraine has been raging for over two months and, despite heroic Ukrainian resistance, there is no end in sight. The grimmest predictions for the …

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Public Enemies No. 1, 2, 3…

Articles / Corporate Intelligence Services, Cyber Security, Dark Web Monitoring, Know Your Customer / 09/2021 11/2022

Is the threat picture irrevocably changing? That’s the question posed by Director of MI5, Ken McCallum, in his second yearly annual threat update recently. Tellingly, ‘disruptive threats’ from states – defined by McCallum as ‘less visible’ when compared to the typical terrorist atrocities – are now put on a par with the latter – and …

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The Severity of Cyber Contagion

Articles / Corporate Intelligence Services, Cyber Attack, Cyber Security / 04/2021 10/2022

Research suggests that up to 90% of Small and Medium sized companies in France, Spain, Germany and Italy are hit by a cyber-attack at least once a year. The impacts and consequences are dependent on the type of attack; however, Business Email Compromise and Ransomware attacks are thought to make up a large proportion of …

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Cyber Wellbeing: a corporate necessity?

Articles / Cyber Security / 02/2021 10/2022

Back in 2015, a disgruntled employee of the supermarket group Morrisons was given an eight-year sentence for leaking the payroll data of roughly 100,000 employees online and to newspapers. It was ruled that Andrew Skelton clearly had an axe to grind with Morrisons when he leaked the sensitive data of those 100,000 employees. Five years …

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Hacked off: the rise of ransoms for ransomware

Risk Papers / Corporate Intelligence Services, Cyber Attack, Cyber Security, Reputational Risk Management / 07/2019 10/2022

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Russia: a difficult bear to lure

Articles / Cyber Attack, Cyber Security, Dark Web Monitoring, Fake News, IT Security, Penetration Testing, Ransomware, Reputational Risk Management, Russia / 05/2018 12/2022

The laziness of hackers is making them smarter. Technological advance is offering new techniques to malign actors and honeypots provide the opportunity to observe how hackers operate. In new types of attack the “dirty work” is carried out by the machine drastically cutting human involvement and time. What it is worrying is not only that …

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Cybersecurity with Donald Rumsfeld: where are your unknown unknowns?

Articles / Cyber Security / 04/2018 12/2022

News comes that in recent days, the UK launched a large-scale cyber-attack on Islamic State designed to “hinder and suppress” the group’s ability to co-ordinate and spread their words. While one might find it strange for a sovereign government to openly admit to this kind of provocation, the specific dynamics surrounding IS at least make …

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