Tag Threat Actor

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 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 24, 2022

Hello all,Merry Christmas, Kwanza, Festivus, Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year! The Red-N Weekly Security newsletter is below the callouts below. Just because we are celebrating holidays does not mean that the dirt-bags out there are taking a break. Notable…

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 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…

November 12, 2022

A few of the notable call-out’s from this week’s report are: Research shows that criminals avoid homes that have CCTV and/or yappy dogs. Make sure that your network is being watched and has some yappy dogs running around in them.…

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…

October 8, 2022

Fortinet warns admins to patch critical auth bypass bug immediately Updated information: Customer Guidance for Reported Zero-day Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Steam Gaming Phish Showcases Browser-in-Browser Threat ‘IT security issue’ impacts multiple hospitals across several states Microsoft investigates Windows…

September 30, 2022

Two Zero-Day Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities without a patch are being exploited – mitigation steps published Microsoft Customer Guidance for Reported Zero-day Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Critical Remote Hack Flaws Found in Dataprobe’s Power Distribution Units WhatsApp 0-Day Bug Let…