Here is an interesting article from Kent Walker, President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet, looking at how Google reached it’s current stance on sharing cybersecurity information. Transparency in the Shadowy World of Cyberattacks (blog.google)
How the Conti Gang encrypted Costa Rica
The Conti ransomware group is one of the most active global cyber gangs and carries out some of the largest attacksAmong those was a sustained attack against the government and infrastructure of Costa Rica. This article looks at some of the details and consequences of those actions. How Conti ransomware …
Has the July’s Patch Tuesday broken Access applications? UPDATED 22 July 2022 – there is a fix.
Updated 22 July 2022 Microsoft is addressing this issue: Error when trying to open an ACCDE/MDE file created in a different version of Access (microsoft.com) However other optional updates may impact printing! Original post: Microsoft is investigating reports that applications based on Microsoft Access 2016 and 2013 are failing following …
Because It’s Friday – back to space this week
I just missed these announcements for last week’s “Because It’s Friday”. NASA has released the first scientific infrared images produced by the James Webb Space Telescope: First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope | NASA Senior Project Scientist John Mather Reflects on Journey to Webb’s First Images – James …
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Zero-day targeted attack against journalists using Google Chrome
This attack was highly targeted, using spyware from an Israeli cyber weapons company Candiru. To get the spyware onto the target machines the threat actors exploited, what was then, a zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome. Zero-day used to infect Chrome users could pose threat to Edge and Safari users, too …
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