May 11, 2024
Hello all, This week was the relative calm before the storm, as Tuesday is Patch Tuesday from Adobe, Microsoft and many other vendors. Even with the relative calm, there is still plenty to know about. So, on to the news.…
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March 30, 2024
Hello all, This has been an interesting news-cycle week. An inordinate amount of electrons have been devoted to reporting about the Middle Kingdom’s activities and citizens. China is under scrutiny for an assortment of cyber-attacks and fear is growing regarding…
March 16, 2024
Hello all, Patch Tuesday came and as expected, was not as bad as prior months. Yet there are still plenty of things to address, so make sure you check what is needed in your environment. This week we have interesting…
February 17, 2024
Hello all, Just in time for Valentine’s Day the cyber community received a generous helping of “love” in the form of software updates and firmware patches on Patch Tuesday this past week. And, as I predicted in our last newsletter,…
February 10, 2024
Hello all, Ivanti is still in the news, a 5th major VPN vulnerability was disclosed this week. I’m not a software writer, but to me it appears that there are some underlying fundamental flaws that may be fueling these discoveries.…
February 3, 2024
Hello all, Two weeks ago, I wrote that if you can’t immediately mitigate Ivanti VPN vulnerabilities, shut it off. It would appear that I was rather prophetic. More on that momentarily. The Federal Burau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that they…
January 13, 2024
Hello all, Patch Tuesday was huge this month. Even if you don’t see a notice from your particular vendor of choice, it would be prudent to check for updates. A large portion of the major software vendors had updates, as…
December 16, 2023
Hello all, Happy Patch Tuesday week! As with past years, Microsoft released fewer updates this month than in prior months, but Adobe thought that it should provide a holiday gift to make up the difference and released patches for 207…
November 25, 2023
Hello all, While the flurry of notices from Patch Tuesday are now behind us, vulnerabilities, patches, exploits, and other tech excitement continues. OpenAI made headlines for themselves and Microsoft for much of the week with Sam Altman news. The dust…
October 7, 2023
Hello all, Thankfully, after the flurry of stuff popping up last week, this week has been a bit slower. Albeit it is the calm before the storm as Tuesday is Patch Tuesday for Microsoft and other vendors. Despite the relative…