This week was the second Tuesday of the month and although I am on holiday our support team have been reviewing our client monitoring reports and the SOC to check that the Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates have been completed. Our team will keep an eye on the reports for the next day …
How old is that security flaw?
18 years! A security flaw in Firefox and Chrome – called 0.0.0.0 Day – which was disclosed 18 years ago is being actively exploited today. It compromises the security in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. The only good news is that it only works on MacOS and Linux …
Because It’s Friday – and it is not funny!
I am about to go to Scotland on holiday and this showed up on The Conversation: In defence of midges (theconversation.com) I am not sure Diana, or our Scottish family and friends would get much comfort from this point of view. Now for something completely different… …we will continue our …
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Just when you thought the election was behind us!
This is not a political story but a cyber security story. Last year it was revealed that the UK’s Electoral Commission – a body charged with maintaining, credibility and openness in the UK’s voting system – had been hacked, about 10 months prior to them making a statement about it. …
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Apple Patches
There you go – we cannot get away from cyber security patches and updates… Apple has issued updates for just about everything, addressing over sixty vulnerabilities, one of which is being exploited. Apple security releases – Apple Support Your Apple devices should be set to auto-update, but you should let …