Apple has released an emergency security patch for iPads and iPhones: Apple fixes zero-day exploited in ‘extremely sophisticated’ attacks The types of attack described would probably not impact the ordinary user – but a cyber security patch is a cyber security patch, who knows who else may come along the …
Google issues Android updates to fix zero-day exploits
Every vendor must do it – issue cyber security patches. For app vendors, if you use the app, you get the updates. For operating systems like Windows and the various flavours of Apple OS it is straight forward as the vendors have direct control of the OS and push regular …
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Ransomware never goes away
For a successful ransomware attack the threat actors have to get their malware onto a user’s computer inside the secure network. Posing as your IT support is one way to get in: Ransomware gangs pose as IT support in Microsoft Teams phishing attacks – BleepingComputer Social Engineering In this attack …
“I have a Mac – I’m secure!”
I am sure I am not alone in having heard this one from clients in the past. It was not true then and fortunately now Mac users now they are at as much risk of a cyber attack as a Windows, Linux, Android, etc. user. This malware attack uses a …
Things do wear out…
We have been working over the last few years to move all of our clients from Microsoft Exchange 2016 and 2019 servers onto more modern and hopefully more secure platforms. Once Microsoft stops cyber security support for these servers, the threat actors will attack any that are still online. Microsoft: …
