Hello all, As expected, Patch Tuesday was quite large. Microsoft recently warned that for the foreseeable future the amount of patches, and potentially even the frequency of patch releases, would be significantly higher, and they weren’t kidding. This month brought…
Hello all, My vacation ends this weekend. It has been nice to unplug to some degree, but as you’ve noticed, I always keep the shields up and stay abreast of cyber-happenings. There were a few important ones this past week,…
Hello all, Last week I predicted a patch-Tsunami. That was an understatement. The July Patch Tuesday was a tectonic shift that resulted in flaming lava-like vulnerabilities spewing out for nearly everything Microsoft makes. And then there’s the groundswell and tsunami…
Hello all, FortiBleed is still leaking electrons all over the place necessitating a monumental cleanup by organizations worldwide as they race to lock down their Fortinet firewalls before threat actors do more than just steal and harvest credentials. There were…
Hello all, This week brought another round of fun updates from Microsoft, Adobe, SAP, and others with Patch Tuesday releases. Immediately following Microsoft’s patch releases, a hacker who I shall dub Dirtbag Eclipse, released two new zero-day exploits, one of…
Hello all, Artemis II splashed down on Friday off the US Pacific coast after making a successful orbit around the moon – very cool! In the world of cyber, Anthropic’s latest AI, Claude Mythos, continues to rattle experts and tantalize…
Hello all, I wish you a Happy Easter and Passover. I pray that it is a peaceful and enjoyable one. If you’ve been affected by the Iran conflict, I truly feel for you. There have been some serious cyber disruptions…
Hello all, Whether it was because threat actors were attending RSAC in San Francisco this week, or because those that would be reporting cyber-attacks and such a were away, there seemed to me to be a lower number of reports…
Hello all, The Iran war is still dominating the news, but surprisingly, after the successful attack on Stryker Corporation, there have been no reports of other large-scale successful cyber-attacks attributed to Iranian threat actors. That’s not to say they haven’t…
Hello all, Last week I’d noted that I was surprised that there had been no evident cyber-retaliatory attacks by Iranian threat actors. Welp, on Wednesday a threat group named Handala claimed a successful attack on Stryker, a USA based global…
Hello all, What a difference one week can make! Top of mind for many is the Iran conflict and the implications as it relates to cyber warfare. In a surprising first, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General…
Hello all, Just like with a successful cyber-attack, the recovery time for my physical illness has been slow going. At first there seemed to be hope that there would be immediate recovery, but unfortunately the threat actor virus has been…