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 …
More on Follina exploits including advice on how to protect your organisation – now executing in File Explorer preview pane… UPDATE 15 June 2022
This post was originally made on 9 June 2022 Update 15 June 2022 Microsoft has included updates in it’s Patch Tuesday bundle to address this issue: Microsoft Patch Tuesday – Follina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 …
How to unlock a Tesla that does not belong to you!
This is not a complete “how to steal the car”, but it does illustrate how, when tools are used for things they were not originally designed for, there can be unforeseen security issues as cyber criminals hunt for flaws, for example the internet for shopping and banking, and NFC and …
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Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center – actively being attacked – there’s a patch UPDATE 8 June 2022
This post was first published on 4 June 2022 Following the CISA alert, about vulnerability and active exploits, Atlassian has released new versions of their collaboration software, Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center. Atlassian Releases New Versions of Confluence Server and Data Center to Address CVE-2022-26134 | CISA Update 8 …
Our trust in public code – UPDATED 24 May 2022
The original post was made on 12 May 2022 Update 24 May 2022 Python is a popular coding language and many code libraries exist to make the programmer’s life a little easier. But as indicated in the articles below if that open source code becomes popular, then it also becomes …
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