It is that time of the month when the Microsoft updates and security patches are released – so restart your computer when you are asked to – it is important. There are nearly 100 security and a zero-day vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s release across the whole Microsoft portfolio. Here …
Patches and Updates for everything…
I say this a lot but “keep up with the updates”. Here Apple has fixed a zero-day flaw that was spotted by Microsoft – that was helpful of them! Microsoft finds macOS bug that lets malware bypass security checks (bleepingcomputer.com)
Big Tech and Child Abuse
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has released a report examining how the world’s biggest tech companies address child abuse – not what they say they do, but what actually happens. It does not make good reading. World-first report shows leading tech companies are not doing enough to tackle online child abuse | …
Cyber Security Report from Microsoft
This report makes interesting reading – it gives an insight of the big picture of cyber threats and risks. As businesses we have to find our risks in all of this: New Cyber Signals report from Microsoft – Microsoft Security Blog
Ransomware is never far from the news
Threat actors have been taking advantage of an exploited set of Microsoft credentials to embed ransomware attacks into signed drivers: Microsoft-signed malicious Windows drivers used in ransomware attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) And LockBit got through the cyber security defences of California’s Department of Finance: LockBit claims attack on California’s Department of Finance …