Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I talk a lot about Microsoft 365 here – let’s face it the business world is a Microsoft world – but other office software vendors exist and we also support a number of clients with those. Including Google Workspace. Google has announced a range of cyber security improvements to Google …
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Following the blocking of VBA macros by default in Microsoft Office apps – read about the ups and downs of that story here – Microsoft has announced that all untrusted XLL add-ins will be blocked by default. Microsoft Excel now blocking untrusted XLL add-ins by default (bleepingcomputer.com) Blocking any avenue …
Although this article looks at the image cropping security issue from the position of a whistle-blower, it could just as easily apply to a document you send out to a client or supplier or use internally. For example and image of pay scales across a company where you crop out …
Data stealing malware, pushed through compromised Google search ads, is attempting to evade detection by using virtualisation components: Google ads push ‘virtualized’ malware made for antivirus evasion (bleepingcomputer.com) Researchers think this new type of attack strategy and other emerging attack vectors are being prompted s as reaction to Microsoft tightening …
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Microsoft has issued it’s monthly round of patches and updates, SANS Internet Storm Centre has a round-up here: Microsoft August 2022 Patch Tuesday – SANS Internet Storm Center This update addresses the DogWalk zero-day vulnerability. Here are the Microsoft release notes: August 2022 Security Updates – Release Notes – Security …
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