January 27, 2024

Hello all, This week Microsoft made our headline news an inordinate number of times, read on for details. The volume of news and other can appear overwhelming, the best strategy is to read the Notable Callouts below and then skim the full list of linked news item titles that follow for things that…

January 20, 2024

Hello all, There are quite a number of things to report on this week. It has been a busy one. Poor Ivanti is still in the news. I’m starting to feel sorry for them. Anyway, let’s move on. The volume of news and other can appear overwhelming, the best strategy is…

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 did a number of IOT/OT manufacturers. And there are some zero-days…

January 6, 2024

Hello all, Happy first week of 2024! Thankfully, the digital apocalypse did not happen over the Christmas and New Years’ holiday period. Yet there are still plenty of news items relating to Cyber Security out there that were reported in the past seven days, some tragic, some comical, some that just…

December 30, 2023

Hello all, Congratulations Cyber Warrior! You’ve made it to the end of another year. It has been a daunting one with a massive AI-fueled upswing in phishing, smishing, malvertising, hacking, cracking, encrypting, DDoSing, stealing and destruction. Experts are sadly predicting that 2024 will not fare much better. However, there is hope.…

December 23, 2023

Hello all, Welcome to the penultimate edition of the Red-N Weekly Cyber Security News for 2023. While not an extreme week, there have been a few large newsworthy items along with the usual morass of evil people doing nefarious things. The volume of news and other can appear overwhelming, the best…

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 items. A few other vendors follow the same cycle, so be…

December 9, 2023

Hello all, There are a few rather severe items to be aware of this week, called out below. And this coming Tuesday is Patch Tuesday for Microsoft and a number of other vendors. Traditionally, December’s release has held fewer updates than other months. Let’s hope the trend continues. And please computing…

December 2, 2023

Weekly Cyber Security NewsNews Events and Information Gathered from sources found on the web in the past seven days Hello all, It started out as a quiet week and then ramped up rather quickly. So, let’s get right to the commentary and the rest of the linked items. The volume of…

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 appears to have settled now with Mr. Altman back in charge…

November 18, 2023

Hello all, Patch-mageddon happened this past week – Adobe, AMD, Fortinet, Intel, Microsoft, VMware, and others, released patches for fixes and vulnerabilities in their products. The sheer volume is a tad overwhelming, and as we’re seeing, it is showing no signs of slowing down. It is a continual struggle for defenders…

November 11, 2023

Hello all, Today is Veteran’s Day in the United States, and Armistice Day in much of the world, marking the end of World War Two, on the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month. Hostilities officially ceased and the guns went silent. It would be nice to have…