Apple has released security and patch updates for their operating systems across most of it’s devices. These updates also include new features across the devices, Macs, iPhones and iPads. The advice, as always, is get the updates ASAP – patched devices are always more secure. iOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3 …
Because It’s Friday – Jurassic Sprint: Usain Bolt verses the dinosaurs
In a week that included so much bad and the unfolding tragedy in Ukraine – here is something to lighten the end of the week. If Dilophosaurus ran the 100-meter against Usain Bolt, who would win? | Ars Technica Have a good weekend. Clive Photo by cottonbro studio
Amplification of DDoS attacks – bad news day
With the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine taking up bandwidth on the internet this new technique for exponentially expanding the effectiveness of a distributed denial of service attack against website is not good news. New method that amplifies DDoSes by 4 billion-fold. What could go wrong? | Ars Technica …
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Now the tables are turned on Conti Gang – Updated
This post was originally published on 2 March 2022 The cyber criminals, the Conti Gang, have suffered a data breach themselves and their secrets and “dirty laundry” are being released for everyone to have a look at! Conti cybergang gloated when leaking victims’ data. Now the tables are turned | …
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Dirty Pipe – the next in what is becoming a procession of Linux vulnerabilities and this one is bad
This is a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel that could allow untrusted users root access. Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in years | Ars Technica Linux distributions patch kernel privilege escalation flaw • The Register Dirty Pipe has been listed among the most serious Linux threats …