With Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday other vendors also release patches and updates around the same time. Here are the notifications from the US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – a good resource for keeping up with the major vendor patches: First of course their notification for Microsoft’s releases: Microsoft …
Microsoft Edge edging out Internet Explorer 11
Just a reminder that Internet Explorer is no more (almost) and you need to be using a more secure browser. Take your pick, I use Edge and Chrome, many of my support team use Firefox, but whatever you choose it needs to be able to resist the latest exploits and …
Continue reading “Microsoft Edge edging out Internet Explorer 11”
Ransomware – What Not To Do!
As yesterday was Patch Tuesday – it seemed appropriate to run this latest part of my ransomware series today. This article about ransomware is going to be short and to the point. DO NOT SKIP software or operating system patches and updates. Switch on automatic updates. Finished. Well not quite… …
Patch Tuesday
Microsoft released it second Patch Tuesday of 2023 yesterday and it fixes a range of security and functionality issues across the range of Microsoft products, including fixing three zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited. Here is the Microsoft release notes page: February 2023 Security Updates – Release Notes – …
Royal Mail ransomware attack – no data exposed yet…
Following the ransomware attack earlier this year, the deadline for Royal Mail to pay the LockBit ransomware gang has passed and the Gang has not released any of the stolen data… yet. Experts think this s because they have not yet given up the hope of monetising the attack: LockBit’s …
Continue reading “Royal Mail ransomware attack – no data exposed yet…”
