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US college set to permanently close after 157 years, following ransomware attack
PRIVACY PRIVACY A predominantly Black college, based in Illinois, USA, is closing its doors after 157 years – citing the challenges it faced due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and the aftermath of a ransomware attack. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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NCSC’s Free Email Security Check Spots Domain Issues
PRIVACY PRIVACY Service Could help minimize spoofing and privacy risks Read More
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What your cyber insurance application form can tell you about ransomware readiness
PRIVACY PRIVACY It’s that time that I fill out the annual cyber insurance policy application. Each year it gives me an insight into what insurance vendors are using to rate the risks and threats to our business and what they are stressing I should have as best practices. Not having them in place could affect…
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7 top software supply chain security tools
PRIVACY PRIVACY As the fallout from the Apache Log4J vulnerabilities earlier this year shows, the biggest risks in enterprise software today are not necessarily with insecure code written directly by in-house software development teams. The flaws of the components, libraries and other open-source code that makes up the bulk of today’s software code bases are…
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Microsoft: Ransomware Relies on the Gig Economy
PRIVACY PRIVACY Report reveals big variety in affiliate groups Read More
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Microsoft Fixes Three Zero-Days in May Patch Tuesday
PRIVACY PRIVACY Some 73 vulnerabilities have been resolved this month Read More
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2022 Edition
PRIVACY PRIVACY Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 74 separate security problems in its Windows operating systems and related software. This month’s patch batch includes fixes for seven “critical” flaws, as well as a zero-day vulnerability that affects all supported versions of Windows. By all accounts, the most urgent bug Microsoft addressed this…
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Aussie Children Have 2nd Highest Rate of Cyberbullying, Time To Focus on Digital Parenting
PRIVACY PRIVACY Whether it was bush fires, Covid, floods, or the Ukraine conflict, the news agenda over the last two years has been jam-packed. So, when McAfee released the findings of their first Global Connected Family Study, it was clear to me that connecting safely online needs to make it back into the news. Over…
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Microsoft’s May 2022 Patch Tuesday Addresses 73 CVEs (CVE-2022-26925)
PRIVACY PRIVACY Microsoft addresses 73 CVEs in its May 2022 Patch Tuesday release, including two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which was exploited in the wild. 6Critical 66Important 0Moderate 1Low Microsoft patched 73 CVEs in its May 2022 Patch Tuesday release, with six rated as critical, 66 rated as important and one rated as low. This…
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At Long Last, CIS Will Be Back at RSA Conference in 2022
PRIVACY PRIVACY For many of us, it was the last in-person industry event we attended before COVID. I’m happy to say that CIS will be back at RSA Conference this year. Read More