Today’s security snippet comes from Randall Munroe at xkcd – pop over there now and have a look: https://xkcd.com/2522/ I have to agree with sentiment of the comic, multi-factor authentication (MFA, but see note below) can be difficult to set up, no one does it the same, authenticator apps can …
Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities
Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities On the 5th of January 2021 there was an exploit reported on the Microsoft Exchange server and on the 6th January 2021 the first breach was observed. But nobody really knew anything about it. “The attacker was detected by a group on the 5th of January …
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If you are under pressure you may make a mistake
A classic ploy for an email attack is to make the message so urgent that you do not think carefully before clicking on the link or opening the attachment. The article below illustrates this ploy – the email creates a story where the result of not taking action is the …
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