November 30, 2024
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…
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November 23, 2024
Hello all, I was rather pleased to notice that there are at least twelve links in this week’s edition that talk about wins by the defenders, and even some by our AI friends. Some of the larger news items to…
November 16, 2024
Hello all, Tuesday saw the monthly cavalcade of patches to fix bugs, defects and flaws from a good number of vendors. Additionally, this past week saw a significant quantity of non-scheduled warnings and updates. If you’re thinking that there seems…
November 9, 2024
Hello all, This past week has some nice wins from the cyber-defenders; 41 arrests of evil people, with more coming, over 22,000 malicious servers taken offline, the person responsible for the Snowflake breach behind bars, and scores of Nigerian scammers…
November 2, 2024
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…
October 26, 2024
Hello all, This week’s news has an unusual number of items related to firewalls and networking equipment. Cisco, Fortinet, and SonicWall are all under active attack for known vulnerabilities and are being exploited successfully by malactors to gain unauthorized access…
October 19, 2024
Hello all, Microsoft unleashed Windows 11 version 24H2 a couple of weeks ago. If you’ve held off installing, that was probably a wise move. The number of defects that are popping up like prairie dogs seems to be increasing each…
October 12, 2024
Hello all, Hurricane Milton moved ashore with a swath of renewed devastation across a large portion of Florida’s West Coast this past week, further stressing and testing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans still attempting to recover from Hurricane Helene.…
October 5, 2024
Hello all, It is staggering to see that large portions of the Southeastern United States have been reduced to rubble and debris, with almost no functioning technology due to massive infrastructure damage. And those in Florida are now being warned…
September 21, 2024
Hello all, It was eerily quiet this week as far as critical news items and vulnerabilities are concerned, with only a few rising to that level in my mind. That was helpful, because there were a lot of other important…
September 14, 2024
Hello all, Another Patch the Defects, Flaws, Vulnerabilities, and Bugs Day is behind us. There were a lot of issues revealed, with fixes for most of them proffered. Some that I consider to be noteworthy are listed below. As usual,…
September 6, 2024
Hello all, Most of us in the United States celebrated Labor Day, and the unofficial end of Summer with a much-deserved day off from work. It was a welcome respite to enjoy the company of friends, family, and if you…