Update 20 July 2022 – Amazon is taking positive action against fake reviews I am sure you check the reviews on Amazon products before you buy, I know I do, and it has influenced my buying decisions more than once. So it is obviously important that these can be relied …
CISA advisory for continued exploitation of Log4Shell in VMware Horizon Systems
The Log4j and Log4Shell vulnerability and exploits are being actively used by threat actors. CISA Updates Advisory on Cyber Actors Continued Exploitation of Log4Shell in VMware Horizon Systems | CISA As predicted Log4j is going to be a problem for a long time – Smart Thinking Solutions
Cyber attacks on governments large and small
Only months after the Albanian government opened its online portal, National Agency of the Information Society (AKSHI), it has has to be closed, along with other government websites due to a sustained cyber attack (I will avoid the word “sophisticated” they used in their press release). Investigations are ongoing as …
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More problems with July’s Patch Tuesday
Software is complex, we understand that. Which is why we accept patches and updates to fix functionality and security issues. However when Microsoft gets it wrong – you have to winder why they did not test more – it is their code. Microsoft’s latest security patch troubles Windows 11 users …
Facebook believes in privacy but will not let you strip tracking from its URLS
Bruce Schneier has an interesting short article on his news feed about URL tracking and Facebook. Web browsers such as Firefox and Brave have the functionality to strip URL tracking data from the URLs you are using to navigate the web – stopping the company that was tracking you, tracking …
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