7th Intl. Conference on Big Data, Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence Held in the spectacular main Lecture theatre on Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus. The photo is of Professor Bill Buchanan’s opening keynote talk about AI and us. In between looking at how ChatGPT words can be found in university submitted …
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – May 2024
Yesterday was the second Tuesday of the month that means our support team have been reviewing our client monitoring reports and the SOC to check that the Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates have been completed. Our team will keep an eye on the reports for the next day or two to check there …
More patching – this time Google
Zero-day software vulnerabilities are an issue for every vendor – how quick they react to them when they eventually find out they have a problem will be a key part of the risk in your cyber security planning. Google seems to get on this issue really quickly – as far …
Phishing Primer – Social Engineering (pt. 1)
Just because it is me, I am going to start this Back-to-Basics mini-series by not talking about phishing emails but looking at a key component of a malicious email attack – social engineering. So what is Social Engineering? In its most basic form, it is the advertising we are all …
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Ahead of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday – Apple Patches
You need to check these have been done on any iOS or macOS device that handles your organisation’s sensitive data. Johannes Ullrich on SANS INternet Storm Centre has an excellent summary of the updates: Apple Patches Everything: macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS updated. – SANS Internet Storm Center Auto-updates are …
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