Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Sans Internet Storm Diary has a good round-up of the latest Apple software/OS updates and patches: Apple Patches Everything: October 2022 Edition – SANS Internet Storm Center These updates should happen automatically, but it is your responsibility to make sure they actually happen – so check.
Once it required a level of technical skill, practice and hardware resources to carry out successful cyber attack that would make (illicit) money. Now researchers have discovered and easy to use framework that enables any would be hacker to craft sophisticated attacks, deploy them, steal information and monetise them: New …
Chromeloader started life as an annoyance that would redirect browsers to pages of adverts – Microsoft and VMware are now warning that variants of web have moved on to infecting both Windows and macOS machines with malware, including ransomware: ChromeLoader expands into ransomware on Windows and macOS • The Register …
Apple has pushed out a number of security patches for iPhones, iPads and Macs: About the security content of iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7 – Apple Support This is the eight zero-day vulnerability for Apple devices patched so far this year. They should happen automatically – but I always check, …
I have just spotted this – it is Saturday – but I thought I would put it quickly, up as many people depend on Google Chrome for shopping, banking etc: Google Chrome emergency update fixes new zero-day used in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) This impacts the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, is …
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Here is a story that shows you always have to keep your guard up when dealing with cyber-security, as the threat landscape is constantly changing and the threat actors will always choose vectors that are in the news. This particular attack comes right back here to Smart Thinking – malware …
We have been covering these issues, here is the BBC’s article about the vulnerabilities: Hackers may have exploited security flaws – Apple – BBC News Apple releases emergency patch for two iPhone, Mac zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited – The Record by Recorded Future
