Here are a couple of updates on the Transport for London (TfL) cyber security incident. If you remember TfL said there was “no evidence” that customer data had been compromised. Transport for London Cyber Incident | Smart Thinking Solutions Update One The authorities have arrested a suspect: London transport cyber …
Because It’s Friday – Did you read the Beano?
Something quick this week’s for “Because It’s Friday”: xkcd: Slingshots You want a bit more? Here is a quick explanation of gravity assist from Mashable. For the record 1974 comes before 1977, so the Voyager missions were not the first spacecraft to use gravity assist for extended space exploration. (Watch …
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Of course they would…
The story normally is “hackers place malicious code into legitimate projects on software repository”. This is a favourite threat actor tactic as it can infect many users, when software developers, unintentional, distribute the malicious code with their projects. Code Risk This story however is how threat actors are using these …
Information Security in the Office (pt.3)
This is part 3 of a short series looking at information security in the office – here are links to part 1 and 2. Information Security in the Office (pt.1) The Printer is the Issue Information Security in the Office (pt.2) Forgotten Technology Today we are going to look at …
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – September 2024
It is here again – the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patch Tuesday. Remember though other vendors also release cyber security and functionality updates and patches on or around the same time. Our support team have been reviewing our client monitoring reports and the SOC to check that the Microsoft Patch …
