Hello all, This week was thankfully somewhat quiet, with the normal level of vulnerabilities. Next week is Patch Tuesday, so expect an incoming tsunami of things to prioritize. Now that’s not to say that this week didn’t have any notable…
Hello all, The biggest news this week, in my opinion, is the 250th birthday of The United States of America. Celebrations were held nationwide to honor and commemorate this momentous occasion. In addition, it is a three-day weekend for most…
Hello all, FortiBleed is still leaking electrons all over the place necessitating a monumental cleanup by organizations worldwide as they race to lock down their Fortinet firewalls before threat actors do more than just steal and harvest credentials. There were…
Hello all, Last weekend a LinkedIn post alerted the world to a database of Fortinet credentials on the internet. This week it exploded into a major issue now named FortiBleed. More on that in a moment. CISA issued orders that…
Hello all, This week has brought a patchacopalipse with a surprisingly large number of vendors releasing critical or high severity patches to plug holes and defects. Microsoft was one of the top gift-givers with 200 or more patches for Patch…
Hello all, While there were plenty of cyber related news articles to read this week, there weren’t many new major vulnerability announcements. But there were a few. Google patched for two high-risk defects, Microsoft had to release an emergency update…
Hello all, Since the month started on Wednesday, it has seemed like a long time since there was a major release of patches and updates. Never fear, your wait is over! Adobe, Apache, Cisco, Microsoft, PHP, SAP, Splunk and…
Hello all, I wish you a Happy Easter and Passover. I pray that it is a peaceful and enjoyable one. If you’ve been affected by the Iran conflict, I truly feel for you. There have been some serious cyber disruptions…
Hello all, Last week I’d noted that I was surprised that there had been no evident cyber-retaliatory attacks by Iranian threat actors. Welp, on Wednesday a threat group named Handala claimed a successful attack on Stryker, a USA based global…
Hello all, What a difference one week can make! Top of mind for many is the Iran conflict and the implications as it relates to cyber warfare. In a surprising first, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General…
Hello all, Unlike the prior week, there was a lot to report on this week, starting with a brand-new way to extract your information from wireless networks, three-year old Cisco zero-day exploit, and more. The good guys had some nice…
Hello all, To my United States’ audience, welcome back after a long and hopefully uneventful weekend. I pray that it was good and restful. To all of us, welcome to December. The past week seemed to be a bit quieter,…