Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
It is that time of the month again when vendors send out the patches. Pixel 3 smartphone then this is probably your last update as Google has stated they are discontinuing support for the device. Critical Android 12 bug fixed in February security patches • The Register The usual set …
I have previously written about bug bounty programmes – where software vendors will pay white-hat hackers for information about flaws in their software – so security steps, updates and patches can be released before the black-hat hackers can exploit them in the wild. A little light holiday reading! – Smart …
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So yesterday was Patch Tuesday – and we all know what that means. Get the updates and patching done now! Here here are my favourite round-up articles: Microsoft Patch Tuesday – January 2022 – SANS Internet Storm Centre Microsoft starts 2022 with 96 CVEs for Patch Tuesday • The Register …
The future of cyber crime is smart contracts on a blockchain with software bugs! Dan Goodin has an article explaining how a bug (flaw) in the code for drafting a blockchain smart contract, by MonoX Finance, allowed a hacker to steal $31million from them. Really stupid “smart contract” bug let …
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He is a round-up of the Microsoft updates from SANS Internet Strom. As always get these done! Microsoft November 2021 Patch Tuesday (sans.edu)
