A series of phishing attacks are being run using infected .zip files distributed via Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams phishing attack pushes DarkGate malware (bleepingcomputer.com) The zip file says it is a vacation schedule – but it is not really. A quick look at the article will show you how convincing …
Critical Apple Patches available
Apple has issued Out-of-Band patches for a number of its products to address two zero-day vulnerabilities that are currently being exploited. About the security content of iOS 16.6.1 and iPadOS 16.6.1 – Apple Patches are available for, iPhone 8 and later, iPads and iPad Pros, Macs running Ventura and Apple …
Android Updates
Many organisations use Android devices and many of those are owned by their staff and are being used as “BYOD” devices. You need to have a policy about the ones that hold your company’s information. Android is probably the most attacked OS after Microsoft (see article here) so you need …
Are You patched yet?
Following on from yesterdays article about using obsolete kit – almost as bad is using kit that has not been patched. There is a good reason that many of my articles here on Smart Thinking are about patches and updates, it is the most powerful cyber security step you can …
Octagon Technology’s Security Operations Centre is Online
Our Security Operations Centre (SOC) is now operational and our first clients are already benefiting from our continuous 24/7 monitoring, analysis, alert and response service. You could as well… Why you need a Security Operations Centre Here is a great quote from the director of the Security Operations Centre: A …
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