Tag cyberdefense

February 18, 2023

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…

February 11, 2023

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…

February 4, 2023

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…

January 21, 2023

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…

January 14, 2023

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…

January 7, 2023

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…

December 17, 2022

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…

December 3, 2022

Hello all, The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the callouts below. Notable callouts this week include: Also in this week’s issue are several links about cyber insurance. Remember, the second rat gets the cheese. In security, you cannot rest…

November 26, 2022

Hello all,A few of the notable call-out’s from this week’s report (found below this introduction) are: Having up to date, monitored and effective internet security is sort of like owning a snow-blower in Buffalo NY. It doesn’t do much for…

November 19, 2022

Hello all, A few of the notable call-out’s from this week’s report (found below this introduction) are: I just read an interesting article that said Turkeys are notoriously difficult to hunt. They are well camouflaged and are “the smartest and…

October 29, 2022

ConnectWise patched a critical RCE vulnerability in Recover and R1Soft Server Backup Manager Google fixes seventh Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year Atlassian Jira Align, Version 10.107.4 Vulnerability Advisory Apple fixes new zero-day used in attacks against iPhones, iPads,…

October 15, 2022

Microsoft October 2022 Patch Tuesday fixes two zero-days, 1 used in attacks, 84 flaws, 13 of which are critical The October 2022 Exchange SUs do not contain fixes for the zero-day vulnerabilities reported on September 29, 2022 Windows 11 KB5018427…