I was planning to write about the Virgin Orbit launch, from Cornwall, of an air launched rocket putting satellites into orbit. However although the separation and power up from the 747 jet was successful the rocket had issues and the payloads did not make orbit. There is a good video …
The Guardian Cyber Attack
I use The Guardian as one of my trusted “newspaper of record” sources here at Smart Thinking Solutions and as I have previously posted staff have been working from home and other systems compromised by a cyber attack that started last December: One of my trusted sources hit but a …
Royal Mail Cyber Security Incident
An unexplained cyber security incident at the Royal Mail has caused the closure of their overseas mail service – with calls for customers not to send any overseas mail whilst the incident continues. Royal Mail tells people not to send post abroad due to ‘cyber incident’ – BBC News They …
A new attack vector just round the corner…
…and it can be exploited with very little technical knowledge. ChatGPT is an AI driven, chatbot, with powerful adaptable capabilities. During the open testing phase it has been used to write essays, papers and poetry and researching on new topics, among other tasks all to a “human” standard. Now human …
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More security advisories
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is an excellent resource for keeping up with security advisories. Adobe and Microsoft Patch Tuesday are the latest advisories as well as additions to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Both of these Microsoft exploits are addressed in the Microsoft Patch Tuesday …
