Not sure what an iLo is? Then this story is probably not for you – but if you have an HP server that someone looks after for you, then pass this on to them. Over 20 thousand servers have their iLO interfaces exposed to the internet, many with outdated and …
Patch Tuesday – get to work…
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 …
Microsoft research highlights the importance of the UK’s PSTI legislation
Microsoft has an article looking at the innovation and commercial benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT), but which also looks at the significant privacy and cyber security challenges of the technologies. The report includes empirical data from the customer’s perspective. New research shows IoT and …
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The future of society is smart contracts on a blockchain
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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Our partners agree – Ransomware is the biggest threat
Here is an article from Channel Pro News by Datto illustrating the impact and costs of ransomware attacks: Ransomware remains the top cyber security risk for SMBs | Channel Pro The article is from November last year but is does convert a theoretical threat into numbers that we can all …
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