Following on from the Back-to-Basics Password Primer mini-series – my latest article on CyberAwake is discussing the basics of multi-factor authentication (MFA): Back to Basics – MFA – CyberAwake In the next part I am going to discuss some of the weaknesses in MFA as a cyber security tool. Back …
Have you ever heard of a ZPAQ file?
I hadn’t, but the threat actors are now using ZPAQ files to distribute malware. A ZPAQ file is an archive file, like .ZIP and .RAR, it is open source and is used on a command line – so not something the average office-based user would need to know about or …
Again let’s start the week with Ransomware
Ransomware you need a plan and to get you started I have written a Ransomware Primer for those of you with no plan or those of you who want to check your plan against my advice. Ransomware – A Primer My Ransomware Mini-series came to an end yesterday, with the …
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Apple Patches
It is not Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday but Apple’s Patch Everything Day. IN among the security ifs and maybes is a xero-day patch that is being actively exploited. Apple security releases – Apple Support These patches are for: Get the patches done and check everyone in your organisation is getting them …
I am out of the office…
I am out of the office this week and that is why I am going to reproduce an article here, that I wrote last year for CyberAwake about the “Out-of-Office” automatic reply. The Out-of-Office Email and How it Compromises Your Organisation’s Cyber Security Before heading out on our leave, we …
