Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Cyber Attack on the British Library. At the moment a spokes person for the British Library is reporting this as a “cyber incident” that took place over the weekend. The authorities, including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are investigating. There are no details at the moment as to whether …
Whether you develop your WordPress website your self or get a developer to do it for you – your website is your reputation, you need to be managing it. How much are you relying on your web designer to protect your reputation? There are always vulnerabilities being exploited in WordPress …
Research has now revealed that the cause of the recent Apple and Google zero-day patches was the same software library used by both software giants. Libwebp, a library found in millions of apps, was the source of the vulnerability. Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day …
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Writing code for today’s sophisticated software is hard and no matter how careful the vendors are, how many beta and alpha testers they have, errors will always slip through. If those errors compromise the user’s security, you can bet a threat actor will discover them and exploit them. It is …
I am very keen on the work of Bruce Schneier and his stuff pops up here on Smart Thinking from time to time – including this article by Diana: And this quote that I often use when writing about patches and updates: I was interested when on his blog, Bruce …
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