I write about patches and updates a lot, but making sure you get the updates from legitimate sources is essential. Do not create a cyber security issue where none need exist. Always go the the vendor’s official sites – double check the URLs – or go through the “update” options …
CISA Security Advisories
The week of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is a always a busy time for security advisories on the the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) website. Here are the current notifications, including Microsoft (of course), Apple, Mozilla and Adobe: Microsoft Releases April 2023 Security Updates | CISA (Patch Tuesday …
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 …
Continue reading “Patch Tuesday – It comes around so quickly!”
You must have an Android cyber security policy
People complain about the way Apple controls its App store, “Android and Google Apps are far less restrictive”, but whatever the arguments it does mean their level of app curation improves the cyber security of Apple devices. The fact that Apple controls both the hardware and operating systems of their …
Continue reading “You must have an Android cyber security policy”
CISA Security Advisories
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is one of my trusted sources for cyber security information. They have recently added a number of known vulnerabilities to their Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog – including, Veritas Backup Exec, Windows and the recently patched Apple vulnerabilities. CISA Adds Five Known …
