Nancy Pelosi, a senior United States politician and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has now left after a short but controversial visit. China was not pleased about the visit. SANS has a report this morning on monitoring of Chinese reaction online – not blogs, news reactions, etc. …
And we thought blocking Microsoft Office macros was a good idea – but close one door to the threat actors and of course they find another way to get to you…
Research is showing that with Microsoft now blocking Office VBA macros from the internet, threat actors are moving to other attachments that can execute malicious instructions, such as Windows Shortcut .lnk, .iso and .rar. As Microsoft blocks Office macros, hackers find new attack vectors (bleepingcomputer.com) My advice: Make sure your …
Brute force attacks on Window 11
Disabling risky services for any OS or software “out-of-the-box” is always a good idea. If you need it, then you or your system administrators can enable it. A brute force attack is where a threat actor – or normally a threat actor computer – will try a range of different …
And it’s back – Microsoft reinstates, default blocking in Office apps of macros from the internet.
This story has gone back and forth. How can Microsoft wobble on what has been a well used attack vector, by threat actors for years and years? Microsoft to block downloaded Office macros – at last – Smart Thinking Solutions Oh No! Microsoft appears to have rolled back it’s macro …
Patches for Enterprise
Microsoft’s Windows Autopatch has arrived. Targeted at Enterprise level systems: Windows Autopatch has arrived! – Microsoft Tech Community
