Hello all, Last week I excoriated Amazon for their spectacular day-long failure. This past week, Microsoft decided it was their turn and because of a self-inflicted Domain Name System (DNS) issue, major portions of their network were inaccessible. At least…
Hello all, A popular axiom in computing circles is, “It’s always DNS.” On Monday it became painfully real for much of the internet as Amazon Web Services (AWS) US-East-1 zone fell victim to a Domain Name Service (DNS) issue and…
Hello all, It was a busy week for cyber vulnerabilities. Microsoft and a host of others unleashed their Patch Tuesday lists, CISA alerted on Adobe and F5, and Fortinet plugged severe holes, as did Ivanti and Veeam. Headline NEWS: In…
Hello all, This was not a good week for some of the major players in the industry. Microsoft had portions, if not their entire network, go down several times, Oracle E-Business suite came under attack, SonicWall’s recent breach got worse,…
Hello all, Happy Fall! Another week of lots of excitement in our world of cyber defense. The biggest news is that Apple somehow lost versions 19 – 25 of their operating system, going right to version 26. And several firewall…
Hello all, This past week was Patch Tuesday for Microsoft and a number of other vendors, when as usual, dozens and dozens of vulnerabilities and defects were announced. The clock is now ticking for threat actors to exploit them before…
Hello all, This past week was busy, even into the weekend, with reports of hundreds of companies compromised via Salesloft Drift, Microsoft being forced to reroute traffic stemming from several Red Sea cables being cut, Google dodging a bullet in…
Hello all, The unofficial end of summer is here – Labor Day – observed by the United States and Canada, and nothing is different in the world of cyber security. Evil people are still perpetrating their vile crimes, earning themselves…
Hello all, Perhaps it is because I’m becoming jaded to all of the incessant histrionics about the latest new zero-day vulnerability, and the patches needed to fix flaws, and threat actors scoring big yet again; but there wasn’t much that…
Hello all, I knew it would be a busy week since it was Patch Tuesday, but I didn’t know it would be this busy. Hundreds of new vulnerabilities were reported that need evaluation, prioritization, and remediation. Some of the reveals…
Hello all, Hacker Summer Camp in Las Vegas has now concluded. There were quite a few new vulnerabilities and security gaps revealed, along with a nice quantity of new and interesting products. Expect that the next couple of weeks will…
Hello all, Most of last week was quiet with a steady rumble of Microsoft sourced phishing emails growing in popularity, and then toward the latter part of the week Arctic Wolf and Huntress warned about a concerning increase in successful…