CISA has issued advisories on the following: Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome | CISA Drupal Releases Security Update | CISA Oracle Releases July 2022 Critical Patch Update | CISA Apple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products | CISA – SANS had a good round-up of these updates here. Cisco …
And it’s back – Microsoft reinstates, default blocking in Office apps of macros from the internet.
This story has gone back and forth. How can Microsoft wobble on what has been a well used attack vector, by threat actors for years and years? Microsoft to block downloaded Office macros – at last – Smart Thinking Solutions Oh No! Microsoft appears to have rolled back it’s macro …
Here’s something new from SANS – Apple Patches Everything Day”
It does not have the same ring as “Patch Tuesday” but it gets the job done: Apple Patches Everything Day – SANS Internet Storm Centre There are patches and updates available across Apple’s platforms, MacOS versions Catalina, BigSur, and Monterey, tvOS, iOS, iPadOS and watchOS. These should all automatically install, …
Continue reading “Here’s something new from SANS – Apple Patches Everything Day””
You really should not be using Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 but if you are…
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft 365 patches and support will no longer be supplied to either Windows 7 or 8.1 even if you were an enterprise paying for extended support: No more Microsoft 365 patches for Windows 7 from 2023 • The Register Crunch date January 10 2023.
Oh No! Microsoft appears to have rolled back it’s macro protection… UPDATED 12 July 2022
This post was originally published on 8 July 2022 Update 12 July 2022 Microsoft says that this rollback of “stopping macros from the web being blocked, out of the box” is only temporary and it points out that admins can still implement this restriction through Group policies: Macros from the …