Threat actors are always looking for the opportunity to abuse someone’s trust, exploit a tragedy or take advantage of something in the news, etc. etc. etc.. ChatGPT is in the news. Earlier this year, the popular artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT service started to charge for access and this has prompted …
Ransomware negotiations
We are all aware that a ransomware demand is going to be Bitcoin or some other, almost untraceable, cryptocurrency, but exactly how much that is going to be in pounds, dollars or euros can vary. It is now being reported that an “enterprising” ransomware gang is persuading victims that it …
Twitter saving money but improving your security
If you are using SMS to authenticate your Twitter you will need to switch to another authentication method before 20 March 2023 as Twitter is going to turn the service to save itself $60m. Twitter gets rid of SMS 2FA for non-Blue members — What you need to do (bleepingcomputer.com) …
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Microsoft Edge edging out Internet Explorer 11
Just a reminder that Internet Explorer is no more (almost) and you need to be using a more secure browser. Take your pick, I use Edge and Chrome, many of my support team use Firefox, but whatever you choose it needs to be able to resist the latest exploits and …
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Patch Tuesday
Microsoft released it second Patch Tuesday of 2023 yesterday and it fixes a range of security and functionality issues across the range of Microsoft products, including fixing three zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited. Here is the Microsoft release notes page: February 2023 Security Updates – Release Notes – …
