Hello all,The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the Notable Callouts as usual. Notable Callouts: Having incomplete security coverage, meaning devices that don’t have your tools and monitoring on them, is worse than not having any coverage. In the latter case, you know you are exposed and as a result will…
Hello all,The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the Notable Callouts as usual. Notable Callouts: Two pieces of late breaking news that didn’t make it to the newsletter: An excellent list of 10 Commandments of Information Technology crossed my desk this week that are worthy of sharing: Visc. Zebulon Wamboldt Pike…
Hello all,The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the Notable Callouts as usual. Notable Callouts: Keeping your file and system backups in the same Windows Active Directory Domain as your servers and workstations is like putting a freshly grilled steak on your kitchen counter and letting your famished Borzoi into the…
Hello all,The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the Notable Callouts as usual. Notable Callouts: An interesting report from cybernews has named Cybercrime the world’s third largest economy, behind the USA and China – absolutely mind-boggling! “Based on data from Cybersecurity Ventures, it is projected to cost the world $8 trillion…
Hello all,The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the Notable Callouts as usual. Notable Callouts: The ancient Romans built over 50,000 miles of incredibly durable and efficient roads throughout their empire, uniting their lands, bringing, trade, mail, news, and providing a conduit for their armies. It created a new way of…
Hello all,The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the Notable Callouts as usual. Notable Callouts: I miss the internet of waiting for interminable long downloads to finish, cat videos, and busy signals while you redialed your 19.2k modem hoping for it to connect this time. Visc. Zebullon Wamboldt Pike For a…
Hello all,The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the Notable Callouts. Notable Callouts: Being on the internet is like shopping in a Guatemalan Mercado. There are amazing things to see, smell, hear, and even taste – with great deals to be had if you know how to shop. But, unless you…
Hello all,The first Red-N Weekly Security newsletter for 2023 is below the notable callouts from this week. There are two new topic sections within the body of the newsletter – Ransomware, and Cyber Insurance. There were significant items to report this week and it made sense to group those categories. Notable…
Hello all,The final Red-N Weekly Security newsletter for 2022 is below the notable callouts from this week.Notable Callouts: Cybersecurity protection is a continual game of whack-a-mole. Threat actors are continually popping up in new locations, via new holes and methods, looking to spoil your day. Stay vigilant, ensure you have others…
Hello all,Merry Christmas, Kwanza, Festivus, Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year! The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the callouts below. Just because we are celebrating holidays does not mean that the dirt-bags out there are taking a break. Notable callouts from this week include: A DDoS attack is similar to…
Hello all, The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the callouts below. Notable callouts this week include: Just like attempting to drive a car that has a hole in a tire is fraught with issues, running a computer system with an unpatched hole will eventually result in either damage to the…
Hello All, The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the callouts below. Notable callouts this week include: It costs a Threat Actor almost nothing to send out several hundred thousand well-crafted phishing emails. It can cost you everything if you take the bait, bite down, and get reeled in. CISA published…