March 2, 2024
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…
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February 24, 2024
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…
February 17, 2024
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,…
February 10, 2024
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.…
February 3, 2024
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…
January 27, 2024
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…
January 13, 2024
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…
November 18, 2023
Hello all, Patch-mageddon happened this past week – Adobe, AMD, Fortinet, Intel, Microsoft, VMware, and others, released patches for fixes and vulnerabilities in their products. The sheer volume is a tad overwhelming, and as we’re seeing, it is showing no…
November 4, 2023
Hello all, Happy November all! This week was somewhat quiet until Cisco threw out a bunch of vulnerability updates. There are quite a few other significant and interesting items, so let’s get to them. The volume of news and other…
October 28, 2023
Hello all, This cyber week has been a somewhat normal one with the usual warnings, updates, and reports of activity by horrible people that deserve a toasty spot in hell. There are some neat new things as well, so let’s…
October 21, 2023
Hello all, There were no earth-shattering vulnerability or patch reports this week for a change. Although Oracle comes close to hitting that criterion with 387 patches this week, more on that in a moment. As usual, the complete Red-N Weekly…
September 30, 2023
Hello all, This week has seen the release of a number of new features and enhancements from Microsoft and some exciting product announcements from other vendors. Sadly, there has also been a plethora of warnings and alerts, some of which…