Ahead of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, next week, Apple has issued patches and updates across its product range. Here is the link to the Apple support page, with update details: Apple security releases – Apple Support Your Takeaway Automatic updates only gets you so far, if you have any Apple devices …
Because It’s Friday – Altitude and Aliens
I have two space things for today’s “Because It’s Friday“. Ian Whittaker, a Senior Lecturer in Physics at Nottingham Trent University has written an interesting article on extra terrestrial life and how it may be detected. Indicators of alien life may have been found – astrophysicist explains what the new …
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The Hackers get Hacked
This is the type of story that we like to see. LockBit ransomware gang hacked, victim negotiations exposed – BleepingComputer There is now a message on their admin panel “Don’t do crime CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague”. Read the article it will cheer you up. Photo by Saksham Choudhary
Free Advice and Anti-virus
Last week I had a prospective client take me up on our free 30 minute “ask me anything about your cyber security” Teams meeting. Things went well, she had some questions, I ran through my advice checklist with her – everyone was happy until I asked about their anti-virus – …
Deepfake
The stakes can be high when threat actors invest the time and money into creating deepfake videos to hack an organisation, here an example from last year: You may not have $25m in your bank account but here is the state of play of deepfake hacking So tools that can …
