Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
BitLocker is an often-overlooked cyber security tool provided by Microsoft. Why you should understand BitLocker Oh dear, you have lost your laptop, perhaps it was stolen or maybe you simply threw it away. I hope there was nothing important or sensitive on it! At best you would have coursework or …
Android apps need careful management We have an HP SoHo printer in the office, that the team use when they are here. The iPhone users use AirPrint the Android users use an approved app, as we have a BYOD policy in place for the all devices. This is especially important …
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The week of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is a always a busy time for security advisories on the the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) website. Here are the current notifications, including Microsoft (of course), Apple, Mozilla and Adobe: Microsoft Releases April 2023 Security Updates | CISA (Patch Tuesday …
Why is Patch Tuesday important? For that answer why Patch Tuesday is important, have a look here: How Microsoft Patch Tuesday can help your cyber security planning Patch Tuesday for April 2023 One of the patches in this release is for the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-28252, which is a privilege elevation …
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This is all just academic research (at the moment) but here is a story about exploiting the range of voice assistants, Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa and Cortana, using voice commands, issued from one device, that are inaudible to the human owners, but can activate another device. To do what? Here …
