On Monday we ran an article highlighting the importance of security updates and patches on VPN software, especially when those fixes apply to zero-day vulnerabilities. Quick Definition The zero-day vulnerability is the gap between a cyber security flaw being discovered and the patch to fix it being applied to your …
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – January 2025
Yesterday was the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patch Tuesday. The day the cyber security world thinks about Microsoft patches and vulnerabilities. But remember other vendors also release cyber security and functionality updates and patches on or around the same time – check those as well. Cyber Security Highlights There …
Tomorrow is Patch Tuesday
Among the patches Microsoft will issue tomorrow, there are sure to be fixes for zero-day vulnerabilities – these are probably the most important as threat actors may already be exploiting them. What is the zero-day threat? You can find out the details here: Are zero-day vulnerabilities exploited? Yes, and the …
It is real, Windows 10 is going!
Our team over at Octagon Technology have been talking about this for over a year – Microsoft is really doing away with the cyber security support for Windows 10 this year. Here is another article explaining just what it will mean to your organisation if you use computers that are …
One last look at 2024
I had to link to this story by Lawrence Abrams over on BleepingComputer where he looks at the biggest cyber attacks of 2024. The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2024 I use BleepingComputer as trusted source of cyber security news and information. I covered a number of these stories …