Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
We have come a long way in cryptography and computing since the Colossus electronic computer, (above), was built at Bletchley Park, during the Second World War, to break the Lorenz cipher. With the advances in computing technology, there is a foreseeable point in the future, possibly only ten years, when …
This post was first published on 20 June 2022 Update 22 June 2022 We have not had to wait for the next Patch Tuesday for the fix – Microsoft has issued an out-of-band patch for Windows: Windows emergency update fixes Microsoft 365 issues on Arm devices (bleepingcomputer.com) Original post There …
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Mega is a popular cloud storage service – with over 250million users. A minimum requirement for any cloud storage service is that the data at rest in their data centres must be encrypted. It seems that Mega’s is not, even though their own publicity states your data will be safely …
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The denial-of-service (DoS) attack, is a common attack used by those who want to make a point or make money, by disrupting the availability of websites and web services. In simple terms the threat actor finds a way to flood a system with malicious network traffic to overload network infrastructure …
This post was originally made on 9 June 2022 Update 15 June 2022 Microsoft has included updates in it’s Patch Tuesday bundle to address this issue: Microsoft Patch Tuesday – Follina zero-day fixed – Smart Thinking Solutions Get the updates done as soon as possible. Let’s hope this is really …
