This article was first posted on 16 March 2022 Here is some good cyber security advice from the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding increased cyber threat activity from the Russia Ukraine conflict. “PrintNightmare” is an escalation of an MFA …
Follow-up on the Red Cross hack
The Red Cross has tracked the cause of their hack to a vulnerability in the Zoho software they were using (CVE-2021-40539). Having bypassed the authentication processes, the attackers had administrator access to the system and compromised the online system that the Red Cross use to reconnect families separated in crisis …
“I just don’t think it’s possible to create a hack-proof computer system” Bruce Schneier
It is not my quote but Bruce Schneier’s, although very similar wording were used by the lecturers repeatedly during my cyber security Master’s course. Which is why we all have to take all reasonable steps to secure our systems. Hacking the Sony Playstation 5 – Schneier on Security
Are you still using RDP? If so examine your risk!
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) was very popular, until it’s vulnerabilities came to light. It’s time to disconnect RDP from the internet | WeLiveSecurity Today Sans Internet Storm is reporting an increase in probes being initiated against RDP services – even though it is a well known weak service. Remote Desktop …
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