Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Do you know what a zero-day cyber security threat is? Maybe you do and maybe you don’t, but we are going to take a couple of articles to look at: What is the Zero-day Threat? The competition between the threat actors and the anti-virus and cyber security software vendors should …
Following the blocking of VBA macros by default in Microsoft Office apps – read about the ups and downs of that story here – Microsoft has announced that all untrusted XLL add-ins will be blocked by default. Microsoft Excel now blocking untrusted XLL add-ins by default (bleepingcomputer.com) Blocking any avenue …
Data stealing malware, pushed through compromised Google search ads, is attempting to evade detection by using virtualisation components: Google ads push ‘virtualized’ malware made for antivirus evasion (bleepingcomputer.com) Researchers think this new type of attack strategy and other emerging attack vectors are being prompted s as reaction to Microsoft tightening …
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