(Select here for a video version of my opening commentary) Hello all, After Microsoft’s record-breaking number of defect and flaw patches last week, I figured that this week we’d be safe from onslaught. Was I ever wrong! Oracle decided to…
Hello all, Despite the upcoming winter break, the news does not sleep. There was a lot of activity in the prior week that was interesting, disturbing, and some was even delighting. So, let’s get to the cyber news. As usual,…
Hello all, Patch Tuesday didn’t disappoint this past week. Hundreds of flaws, defects, and vulnerabilities had fixes proffered by their respective vendors and developers as holiday gifts to already overworked defenders. According to Tenable, Microsoft alone has lobbed 1,009 security…
Hello all, It has been a busy week with security related news. The Chinese hack into telecommunication providers continues to dominate, with government agencies urging everyone to use encrypted messaging and communication apps and processes due to the depth and…
Hello all, This past week has some nice wins from the cyber-defenders; 41 arrests of evil people, with more coming, over 22,000 malicious servers taken offline, the person responsible for the Snowflake breach behind bars, and scores of Nigerian scammers…
Hello all, This week’s news has an unusual number of items related to firewalls and networking equipment. Cisco, Fortinet, and SonicWall are all under active attack for known vulnerabilities and are being exploited successfully by malactors to gain unauthorized access…
Hello all, Microsoft unleashed Windows 11 version 24H2 a couple of weeks ago. If you’ve held off installing, that was probably a wise move. The number of defects that are popping up like prairie dogs seems to be increasing each…
Hello all, Most of us in the United States celebrated Labor Day, and the unofficial end of Summer with a much-deserved day off from work. It was a welcome respite to enjoy the company of friends, family, and if you…
Hello all, For those is the USA, I pray that you’ve returned from the long holiday weekend refreshed and did not discover a poorly written note on your computers advising you that your company has been subjected to a post-paid…
Hello all, After the rather grueling CrowdStrike incident that started a week ago on Friday for many in the IT industry, I’m sure that they were happy to see that the latter half of this past week was somewhat calm.…
Hello all, It started out as a normal week with a few critical updates, and the normal onslaught of attacks, vulnerability reveals, and good-guy victories. Then Friday came. If you’ve been on vacation, or oblivious to the news, in the…
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…