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Here is the reason why patching and updating of any software is essential. Do you want the reassurance that all the updates are being completed across your organisation?

Patches and Updates

This is a description of how a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Network File System (NFS) could be exploited – which was discovered by Trend Micro Vulnerability Research Service. Zero Day Initiative — CVE-2022-30136: Microsoft Windows Network File System v4 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This vulnerability was patched in Microsoft’s …

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Industrial systems as targets for threat actors – this why you need a software policy. Do you have one?

Masterclass September 2022

Industrial systems, large and small run on computers – so why not attack them? So here is the scenario – which Octagon has had to deal with in the past – someone leaves and forgets to leave the password for a system that is accessed only occasionally. You cannot contact …

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OpenDocument files distributing stealth malware – make sure your team can recognise these types of attack.

This report is from HP’s Threat Research Blog and is about a threat discovered impacting hotels in South America. But it illustrates the wide range of threats that can get to you via an email attachment and has some examples you can look at. Stealthy OpenDocument Malware Deployed Against Latin …

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A few of the ransomware stories in the media at the moment – to give you some idea of the scale of the cyber security risk you have to plan for. Do you need training?

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I have gathered here just a selection of the ransomware stories that have made the headlines – for these there are many more that go unreported in the media or even outside the organisation. ‘Lives are at stake’: hacking of US hospitals highlights deadly risk of ransomware | Hacking | …

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