Hello all, Tuesday saw the monthly cavalcade of patches to fix bugs, defects and flaws from a good number of vendors. Additionally, this past week saw a significant quantity of non-scheduled warnings and updates. If you’re thinking that there seems to be an ever-increasing slew of these being pushed out, you’re…
Hello all, This past week has some nice wins from the cyber-defenders; 41 arrests of evil people, with more coming, over 22,000 malicious servers taken offline, the person responsible for the Snowflake breach behind bars, and scores of Nigerian scammers extradited and now serving lengthy prison sentences. Unfortunately, cyber criminals are…
Hello all, Thankfully the US quadrennial election cycle is nearly finished. The incessant and continual droning of half-truths, outright lies, click-bait email and advertisements, deep-fakes, fear and doubt mongering, deceptive text messages, and just downright evil that has been so prevalent is alarming. And that’s just the threat actors that we…
Hello all, This week’s news has an unusual number of items related to firewalls and networking equipment. Cisco, Fortinet, and SonicWall are all under active attack for known vulnerabilities and are being exploited successfully by malactors to gain unauthorized access to networks. Once there, they then use other products’ vulnerabilities and…
Hello all, Microsoft unleashed Windows 11 version 24H2 a couple of weeks ago. If you’ve held off installing, that was probably a wise move. The number of defects that are popping up like prairie dogs seems to be increasing each day. I list quite a few in our Other News Events…
Hello all, Hurricane Milton moved ashore with a swath of renewed devastation across a large portion of Florida’s West Coast this past week, further stressing and testing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans still attempting to recover from Hurricane Helene. It is three days after landfall and power is still out…
The Red Dot Security News publication will likely be impacted by Hurricane Milton as I live in the Tampa Bay area. I will attempt to publish on schedule if I have internet and power. But, I didn’t want to leave you wondering why nothing has appeared if I miss this weekend…
Hello all, It is staggering to see that large portions of the Southeastern United States have been reduced to rubble and debris, with almost no functioning technology due to massive infrastructure damage. And those in Florida are now being warned that a second hurricane is coming mid-week, potentially striking already impacted…
Hello all, Summer is over, we are about to start the fourth quarter of the year, and we still have two weeks until Patch Tuesday. So, for many of us it should be a somewhat easier week. Unfortunately, also for many of us, it has been a devastating week due to…
Hello all, It was eerily quiet this week as far as critical news items and vulnerabilities are concerned, with only a few rising to that level in my mind. That was helpful, because there were a lot of other important news items to notice. There were major wins like takedowns of…
Hello all, Another Patch the Defects, Flaws, Vulnerabilities, and Bugs Day is behind us. There were a lot of issues revealed, with fixes for most of them proffered. Some that I consider to be noteworthy are listed below. As usual, my commentary is followed by a plethora of links to other…
Hello all, Most of us in the United States celebrated Labor Day, and the unofficial end of Summer with a much-deserved day off from work. It was a welcome respite to enjoy the company of friends, family, and if you were so inclined, the eating of burgers and hotdogs. Even though…