Apple has issued security patches across a range of its products to address a zero-day flaw in their WebKit browser engine, that is being actively exploited. About the security content of iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2 – Apple Support Get those patches done.
In Support of Encryption
The idea for this article on encryption came to me whilst reading Joe Haldeman’s The Hemingway Hoax (see the disclaimer at the end of this article) – written in 1990 it was slightly ahead of the computer revolution. In the book, three people are involved in a fraud to produce …
Google Chrome zero-day exploit patched
Google has issued the sixth emergency for 2023 to patch a zero-day exploit in Google Chrome. Google Chrome emergency update fixes 6th zero-day exploited in 2023 (bleepingcomputer.com) Patching vulnerable software on your systems is one of the top priorities of your cyber security plan. Closing the door on the hackers …
A good news cyber security story
The police forces from seven nations, with Europol and Eurojust have broken up and arrested members of a ransomware gang that has been attributed with cyber-attacks in 71 countries. Police dismantle ransomware group behind attacks in 71 countries (bleepingcomputer.com) The operation based primarily in Ukraine with assistance for investigators from …
I have the ransomware answer the British Library needed!
The British Library ransomware story continues… …now the hackers have released British Library customer information to the Dark Web. British Library hack: Customer data offered for sale on dark web – BBC News The Rhysida ransomware group threatened to release the stolen information unless a 20 Bitcoin ransom was paid, …
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