This is another story of another malicious Android app making its way into the Googler Play store and then onto users devices: Anatsa Android malware downloaded 150,000 times via Google Play (bleepingcomputer.com) Something Apple users can probably look forward to when the EU forces Apple to allow side loading and …
Because It’s Friday – Retro Tech
Two bits of retro tech this week with thirty years between them – both of which we take for granted today – just look at the dash of the modern VW above. First navigation. Second photography. Have a good weekend – wherever you are going or whatever you are photographing. …
Phone number recycling
Here is something new to think about: Meta brushes off risk of account theft via number recycling • The Register I must admit I had never thought about this type of leak in a cyber security plan. I am not sure how relevant this is in the UK, but it …
Social Engineering – Getting the Victim Ready
Last week I wrote about a technically advanced, highly sophisticated cyber-attack in Hong Kong, that netted the attackers $25m – it all started with some simple social engineering pretexting. You may not have $25m in your bank account but here is the state of play of deep fake hacking What …
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – February 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. They will keep an eye on the reports all day to check there are no issues …
