I have a couple of articles this week looking at an unannounced cyber security incident response exercise I ran earlier this week. It’s Tuesday and I think I have a computer virus… Incident Response Communications – Have You Got It Covered? I chose the day I did as some of …
It’s Tuesday and I think I have a computer virus…
…or is it ransomware? Today is the Tuesday after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend and we should have had our weekly staff meeting – I thought we should have incident response training. Because of work commitments, the CEO being in Spain and two of our team on leave and driving …
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Patch Tuesday – It comes around so quickly!
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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It is World Back-up Day
Happy World Back-up Day. Reminding people and organisations annually about backing-up is a good thing but you or someone should be thinking about your back-ups every day! Here is what I consider to be the minimum for a ransomware resilient back-up has to be: Following these guidelines for all your …
Linux for Business (Part II)
This is part 2 my article about Linux at Work – part 1 is over on Octagon Technology. You should read that first before continuing. This is the continuing story of a surplus Windows 8 hybrid notebook/tablet conversion to Linux… Cyber Security on Linux Mint This section is a bit …
