Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
For this week’s bit of something else before the weekend – you can now understand why we shorten this slot and call it “Because It’s Friday” – we are off to space. In particular to the International Space Station and a camera on the station that broadcasts continuous live images …
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Why is Patch Tuesday important? For that answer why Patch Tuesday is important, have a look here: How Microsoft Patch Tuesday can help your cyber security planning Patch Tuesday for April 2023 One of the patches in this release is for the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-28252, which is a privilege elevation …
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No Because It’s Friday reveals in the title this week – just something found funny: xkcd: Towed Message Smart Thinking will be taking a break for Easter – except if a major cyber security story breaks and especially if that story impacts you. Have a great Easter break – I …
I spotted this article in The Conversation – volcanoes in space – just the type of story I like for Because It’s Friday, to ease us all into the weekend. Four volcanic hotspots in the Solar System (theconversation.com) The image above is of a volcano on Io, the most volcanically …
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Here is a good news cyber security story: UK National Crime Agency reveals it ran fake DDoS-for-hire sites to collect users’ data (therecord.media) When enquiring about buying distributed denial of service attacks, the hackers were duped into giving their information to law enforcement. An excellent example of social engineering – …
