If you are better informed on the how, what and where of ransomware attacks, you will be better equipped on what decisions you need to take to defend against it.

Here is an article from last week that is an in depth look at the Vice Society hacking gang’s operations. It was issued by the following US government agencies; the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center …

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency security advisories for Apple and Mozilla

software patches are essential cybersecurity

CISA is a good source of information on updates and vulnerabilities. They do issue industrial updates as well, I do not cover them here as I think they are outside the scope of these posts, but if you are involved in industry the site is worth a regular visit to …

Apple security flaw is so serious they extended the fix to older devices

software patches are essential cybersecurity

This the zero-day WebKit vulnerability that Apple patched in mid-August for current operating systems and Safari. The flaw is so serious and there are reports of it being exploited in the wild that Apple has issued a security advisory covering older devices and iOS versions: About the security content of …

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency security advisories

CISA cyber security advice

The US Government’s CISA has released a range of security advisories, including updates required for VMware: VMware Releases Security Update | CISA CISA Updates Advisory on Threat Actors Exploiting Multiple CVEs Against Zimbra Collaboration Suite | CISA CISA has also been issuing advice for industrial systems. If you use these …