CISA is the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a very good source cyber security and software patching information. Last week they posted several software patching updates and known vulnerabilities that are being exploited and mitigations for them. Samba Releases Security Updates for Multiple Versions of Samba | …
ChatGPT and Privacy
I have been asked about ChatGPT in the last couple of talks I have given, with people asking about the cyber security implications and how they can make money out of it! Here are a couple of ChatGPT articles from the weekend – the first I thought was an April’s …
Watch where you download your Tor browser from…
…or any other software. Governments around the world, including for instance Russia, ban Tor web sites from the internet in their countries as it is a very effective way for users to conceal their IP address from authorities. However this had led to a rise in other sites offering Tor …
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I know why you cannot send email anymore…
…if you run your own onsite Exchange server. Keeping onsite Exchange servers up to date and patched was a labour intensive task, when our support team used to do it – now we no longer support any on premise Exchange servers it is a relief for the team. But for …
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Redacting – Microsoft fixes Snipping Tool
This is a follow up to yesterday’s redacting story: Microsoft is testing an update to the Snipping Tool – it is not here yet – so you need to take your own precautions to protect your information. Microsoft fixes Acropalypse privacy bug in Windows 11 Snipping Tool – BleepingComputer The …
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