…but a North Korean threat actor group had and they hijacked the update process to inject malware into the “protected” systems. Researchers at Avast believe the group is the North Korean APT group Kimsuki. The malware installs GuptiMiner – a crypto-miner – and disables several other security precautions if they …
Manage your security patching
Here are a couple of examples from the recent cyber-tech press of examples of software vulnerabilities that need patching… Promptly! Microsoft releases Exchange hotfixes for security update issues – BleepingComputer ArcaneDoor hackers exploit Cisco zero-days to breach govt networks – BleepingComputer The first illustrates that management is needed as not …
Encryption – A Primer
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been writing a short series looking at the basics of encryption, how you can use it to improve your cyber security and some of the issues you need to address if you are using it. As I have done with other mini-series …
Why patching is important
Even though the US National Security Agency (NSA) reported this flaw to Microsoft and they patched it in their October 2022 Patch Tuesday, the threat group APT28 is still exploiting it. Microsoft: APT28 hackers exploit Windows flaw reported by NSA – BleepingComputer The Russian threat group uses a hacking tool …
The fast track for better cyber security
Modern cyber security tools are well within the budget of even the smallest organisations- even one person businesses. We have a webinar this week to tell you how. This article will give you some background it includes a link to sign up for either the webinar or to get the …
