Hello all, As expected, Patch Tuesday’s offerings were prolific. Adobe, Fortinet, a large number of Industrial Control System (ICS / OT) vendors, Mozilla, Microsoft, Netgear, Palo Alto, VMware, and more released updates and patches this week to address flaws and vulnerabilities in their products. We’ll call out a few of them…
Hello all, This coming Tuesday is Patch Tuesday for Microsoft and others. Expect some time-sensitive incoming items that will need to be prioritized. Don’t just knee-jerk respond to the latest thing making news, make sure that you evaluate the actual risk to your particular organization, including factoring in the cost and…
Hello all, The unfolding tragedy of CDK Global continues to dominate both the tech and automotive news as automobile and truck dealerships across North America have been forced to regress two decades and resort to manual, analog methods of conducting business. Many find that nearly impossible to accomplish and are crippled.…
Hello all, The news was somewhat light this week, meaning that the number of critical items seems low to me. But we’ve still got plenty for you to read about, so onward. The volume of news and other can appear overwhelming, the best strategy is to read the Notable Callouts below…
Hello all, Patch Tuesday was about as expected with Microsoft releasing their set of updates and fixes. What is interesting is that an increasing number of other vendors appear to be adopting the same cadence. Time will tell if this is a new industry-wide direction, or mere coincidence. Google’s Pixel phones…
Hello all, Another A to Z week in this issue, starting with a little firestorm from Adobe, and ending with patches for EoL network attached storage services by Zyxel. I was thinking that it would be a somewhat quiet week, the calm before the storm, since this coming Tuesday is Patch…
Hello all, We’ve got stuff from Amazon to Zscaler this week consisting of some amazing new things, some seriously bad things, and a couple of massive wins for the good guys making worldwide cyber headlines, so read on. The volume of news and other can appear overwhelming, the best strategy is…
Hello all, Thankfully, this week has been somewhat low in major vulnerability and attack reveals. There are still enough, and if a product or service that you use is mentioned in our lists below, then to your organization it is major and needs to be treated as such. Google appears to…
Hello all, Last week I called it the calm before the storm, boy was it ever! A large swath of vendors released updates for all sorts of vulnerabilities this week. I’ll call some out below but recommend that you check pretty much everything you’re running for updates. The volume of news…
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. The volume of news and other can appear overwhelming, the best…
Hello all, It was a lighter news cycle this week, but there was still a good deal to read and digest. Microsoft, after taking a severe bruising from the Cyber Safety Review Board, has pledged to make Security their number one priority. And the impact of successful cyber-attacks are among some…
Hello all, Artificial Intelligence continues to get a bit more adroit. Vulnerabilities continue to show up. And despicable individuals continue to do their dastardly deeds. So, we continue to fight on in our battle to expose the dark underbelly of digital crime, vulnerabilities, and AI-enabled miscreants. Of course, along the way…