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Posted on 11 July 202211 July 2022

Cyber criminals start an actual fire at a plant

A cyber gang, Predatory Sparrow, have claimed to have taken control of plant at a steel works in Iran and caused it to malfunction. There is CCTV footage showing the machinery malfunctioning and plant workers fleeing the area. Predatory Sparrow: Who are the hackers who say they started a fire …

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Posted on 3 May 20223 May 2022

If you have an Aruba or Avaya switch – then this post is for you

Critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in these devices. No exploits have been reported in the wild – but patches are available – so get patching. Critical flaws in ‘millions of Aruba, Avaya switches’ • The Register

Posted on 15 March 202216 March 2022

The Spectre bug is back

Spectre bug

A v.2 Spectre bug bug, with the potential to leak your data, has been found. Intel and ARM have been issuing advisories and statements on how it impacts their silicon chip processors. This new bug bypasses recent changes at the silicon level in their CPUs, implemented to address Spectre. Intel, …

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Posted on 9 March 202230 March 2022

Three Zero Day vulnerabilities in APC UPS units

Check yours now if you have an APC UPS (uninterruptible power supply). TLStorm exploits expose more than 20 million UPS units to takeover. Was yours one of them? | TechRepublic Here is an example of a peripheral part of your computer systems being vulnerable to attack and from there hackers …

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Posted on 23 February 202223 February 2022

Have you got a Cisco firewall – if so it may need a critical patch

software patches are essential cybersecurity

You may only get a four day window – it may be less when you read this – to patch Cisco’s Firepower firewall products both physical and virtual. So check it now or get whoever manages your IT or security to check if this impacts you. Field Notice: FN – …

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