Keeping your software up to date is important for all of us – doubly so if you are the people producing the code: GitLab ‘strongly recommends’ patching critical RCE vulnerability (bleepingcomputer.com)
US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency security advisories
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 …
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Why pirated software is not a good idea and PortableApps are.
Because it can be compromised and spread malware to you. Pirated 3DMark benchmark tool delivering info-stealer malware (bleepingcomputer.com) Just don’t do it. If you need a utility for free, try this site: PortableApps.com – Portable software for USB, portable, and cloud drives I do not guarantee the security of any …
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CCTV cameras being exploited
For a small business or home office, it seems very easy today to set up your own “view from anywhere” CCTV system, but we often find the security is not correctly configured. Add to that that the manufacturer’s security can be faulty… Over 80,000 exploitable Hikvision cameras exposed online – …
Credential thefts and Amazon’s AWS cloud
Threat actors have to host their malicious login stealing pages somewhere – why not in Amazon’s cloud: Hiding a phishing attack behind the AWS cloud