I often run NASA stories in “Because It’s Friday” section – now a report from the Office of Inspector General NASA says that the organisation’s unprepared when it comes to the insider threat. NASA’S INSIDER THREAT PROGRAM – Office of Inspector General NASA NASA in ‘serious jeopardy’ due to big …
The Spectre bug is back
A v.2 Spectre bug bug, with the potential to leak your data, has been found. Intel and ARM have been issuing advisories and statements on how it impacts their silicon chip processors. This new bug bypasses recent changes at the silicon level in their CPUs, implemented to address Spectre. Intel, …
QNAP device vulnerability – UPDATED
This post was first published on 26 January 2022 There have been further warnings to update QNAP devices that are vulnerable to a Linux bug: QNAP warns severe Linux bug affects most of its NAS devices (bleepingcomputer.com) Today is a day of minority device vulnerabilities – here is another for …
Is this a new social engineering attack? New cyber security training courses announced at Octagon Technology
There are reports of the BazarLoader malware being spread via website contact pages: Cedric Pernet’s article on TechRepublic starts with an excellent quote/reminder: Everyone in the IT industry should be aware by now that email is the most used vector for cybercriminals to try to infect employees with malware. Cedric …
Go and read this – “reasons to be cheerful”
Are you doomscrolling because of the Ukraine Russia conflict or Covid-19? The Guardian has the solution for you: Stop doomscrolling! The 50 cheeriest social media accounts – from dancing academics to seal pups | Social media | The Guardian
