Regular readers know that I use the US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) website as a reliable source of information on software and hardware vulnerabilities. Ones that impact the organisations we support are escalated to our support team, then I write about those and the rest here, for …
Now Microsoft Teams is a target for threat actors
Once Microsoft finally closed the door on the Office macro the threat actors had to move on: Microsoft Office Macros – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly – CyberAwake OneNote was their first target: Now OneNote is an attack vector | Smart Thinking Solutions QakNote – OneNote malware now …
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Ransomware and the Phishing Email
There has been some very high profile international cases of organisations getting infected with ransomware. Especially active is the LockBit gang. LockBit ransomware infection hits Japan’s top cargo port • The Register TSMC says IT supplier extorted by LockBit • The Register We should assume these organisations – a world …
The Zero-day Problem – Do Something Special
The Zero-day Attack. Is there something more I can do? As I discussed in the first and second part of this mini-series looking at the zero-day threat, what you are having to do is defend against the unknown – something that at first glance would seem impossible. Zero-day – It …
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WordPress zero-day issue
I did not write about WordPress all of last – but that would not continue. WordPress – the worlds most popular website builder, according to WordPress – and the associated plug-ins will always be a target for hackers, looking for an easy way to hit many victims. The Ultimate Member …
