Weekly Cyber Security NewsNews Events and Information Gathered from sources found on the web in the past seven days Hello all, It was a less eventful week for most of us with few major reveals and problems from the cyberverse. That is unless you installed Microsoft’s March update onto a Windows…
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 reports about Apple developing a USB worm and an aversion to…
Hello all, This coming week is Patch Tuesday. Expectations are that this will be a normal release without any major revelations. However, Microsoft already gave us a big surprise with news of Russian state-sponsored threat actors, yet again breaching their security, this time stealing source code. And there’s lots more to…
Hello all, This was a quieter week after the digital blizzard of news from the prior one However, there is still plenty to know about, be concerned about, and even fret about. And as always there are moments of sunshine breaking through the digital storms, so read on. The volume of…
Hello all, This week saw several shadows of potential digital apocalypse spread across the cyberverse. AT&T triggered a meltdown in cellular traffic, the Chinese had a major leak exposing some of their activity, LockBit Ransomware group was unplugged, and ConnectWise’s rapid action stopped the death of western culture as we know…
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, there is a lot to know about and prioritize. Some are…
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. Hopefully, for Ivanti’s sake, they get this figured out before clients…
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 are outnumbered 50 to 1 by China’s hacker army, and that…
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…
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…
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…
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…