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, The Internet killed Black Friday for me! (For those of you not based in the USA, Black Friday is a huge shopping day right after the Thanksgiving Day holiday). I used to collect newspaper fliers, circle store opening…
Hello all, Thankfully the US quadrennial election cycle is nearly finished. The incessant and continual droning of half-truths, outright lies, click-bait email and advertisements, deep-fakes, fear and doubt mongering, deceptive text messages, and just downright evil that has been so…
Hello all, This coming week is Patch Tuesday. Expectations are that this will be a normal release without any major revelations. However, Microsoft already gave us a big surprise with news of Russian state-sponsored threat actors, yet again breaching their…
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.…
Hello all, Happy Patch Tuesday week! As with past years, Microsoft released fewer updates this month than in prior months, but Adobe thought that it should provide a holiday gift to make up the difference and released patches for 207…
Hello all, Today is Veteran’s Day in the United States, and Armistice Day in much of the world, marking the end of World War Two, on the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month. Hostilities officially ceased…
Hello all,The Red-N Weekly Cyber Security News newsletter is below the Notable Callouts as usual. Notable Callouts: The dire predictions of AI taking over the world are highly overrated. Since the introduction of the IBM PC in 1981 it has…
Hello all,The Red-N Weekly Cyber Security News newsletter is below the Notable Callouts as usual. Notable Callouts: The internet is somewhat akin to the Italian roadway system. There are seemingly no rules, potholes the size of a small Fiat, and…