Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is a flaw in the YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium plug-in which needs fixing: Hackers exploit bug in WordPress gift card plugin with 50K installs (bleepingcomputer.com) Get it fixed – if that means waking up your web designers to check if they have already fixed it, then do it. …
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I say this a lot but “keep up with the updates”. Here Apple has fixed a zero-day flaw that was spotted by Microsoft – that was helpful of them! Microsoft finds macOS bug that lets malware bypass security checks (bleepingcomputer.com)
The UK Government does not like the ordinary citizen to have uncontrolled access to end-to-end encryption (E2EE) but others like it – like Google: Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web (bleepingcomputer.com) See what I have to say about closing public toilets as an amendment to the UK …
The cyber-attack-as-a-service market for threat actors is expanding – as it allows less skilled individuals to access sophisticated hacks and in many cases then monetise them. But not without law enforcement fighting back: FBI seized domains linked to 48 DDoS-for-hire service platforms (bleepingcomputer.com)
APIs (application programming interface) are a key part of interoperability and functionality online – but they have to secure: LEGO BrickLink bugs let hackers hijack accounts, breach servers (bleepingcomputer.com) How much are you relying on your web designer to protect your reputation?
