Before I start this post let me make this very clear – you have to run the patches and updates for your systems as soon as they become available to keep your organisation secure. But sometime those updates can cause more problems – as in the case of some Windows …
Does a VPN work?
Today I was going to talk about about the importance of monitoring your information storage and user accounts, but Mr Putin’s government changed my mind, as they have compelled Apple to remove VPN apps from the Russian App Store. (Gatlan, 2024) What is a VPN? It stands for Virtual Private …
New Ransomware
Just in case you thought because I have not been writing about it, that ransomware has gone away, threat actors have launched yet another version of everyone’s worse nightmare malware. New Eldorado ransomware targets Windows, VMware ESXi VMs (bleepingcomputer.com) Eldorado ransomware attacks and all the usual suspects, encrypting both Linux …
Supply Chain Attacks
I am always alerting you to the cyber security issues that WordPress and WordPress plugin report – many of you use WordPress and need to be alert to these breaches in your cyber security. Or at least someone in your organisation or supply chain – if you use a thrid-party …
A fix that is not a fix
Do not be tempted to click on an offered PowerShell fix, for an apparent error in Microsoft Word, OneDrive or Google Chrome – it could be a social engineering trick to get you to install malware to your computer: Fake Google Chrome errors trick you into running malicious PowerShell scripts …
