Let’s end this week on a good news Android story. There is no doubt that malware infected and malicious Android apps do get distributed through the Google Play store – see last Friday’s final post among the many on this site. Google has taken various steps to try and deal …
Infected USB Drives
It is a very old attack, infect a USB stick and leave it somewhere. Who ever finds it may (will) plug it into a computer to see what is on it. It is human nature. If leaving the infected drive in Starbucks seems to random – then post them out …
Microsoft Patch Tuesday
This morning, our support team have been reviewing our client monitoring reports 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 or absconders! Here is Microsoft’s detailed page on Patch Tuesday: July …
Charming Kitten – Not Charming!
There was a time when Mac users would happily tell Windows users that there were no viruses for Mac! At the time those Mac users were few and far between if you were not in the print and design world. Now of course there are many potential victims using macOS …
Android Exploit Needs Patching
I ended last week with an infected Android app, now there is an advisory from CISA to patch a vulnerable Android driver: CISA warns govt agencies to patch actively exploited Android driver (bleepingcomputer.com) NVD – CVE-2021-29256 (nist.gov) Android devices that are used by employees as “BYOD” devices are always difficult …
