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April 6, 2024

Hello all, This past week most of the world took notice of Andres Freund, a mild-manner programmer who single-handedly saved the internet. No joke. He found a supply-chain attack that was in process of being stealthily slipped into millions of…

March 9, 2024

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…

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…

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,…

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 20, 2024

Hello all, There are quite a number of things to report on this week. It has been a busy one. Poor Ivanti is still in the news. I’m starting to feel sorry for them. Anyway, let’s move on. The volume…

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…

December 16, 2023

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…

December 9, 2023

Hello all, There are a few rather severe items to be aware of this week, called out below. And this coming Tuesday is Patch Tuesday for Microsoft and a number of other vendors. Traditionally, December’s release has held fewer updates…

December 2, 2023

Weekly Cyber Security NewsNews Events and Information Gathered from sources found on the web in the past seven days Hello all, It started out as a quiet week and then ramped up rather quickly. So, let’s get right to the…

November 25, 2023

Hello all, While the flurry of notices from Patch Tuesday are now behind us, vulnerabilities, patches, exploits, and other tech excitement continues. OpenAI made headlines for themselves and Microsoft for much of the week with Sam Altman news. The dust…