Emergency patches have been issued for Google Chrome to address a vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild. Google fixes another Chrome zero-day bug exploited in attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) If your team uses Chrome then check these patches have been done. We use Google Chrome and we know our patching …
Octagon Technology’s Security Operations Centre is Online
Our Security Operations Centre (SOC) is now operational and our first clients are already benefiting from our continuous 24/7 monitoring, analysis, alert and response service. You could as well… Why you need a Security Operations Centre Here is a great quote from the director of the Security Operations Centre: A …
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Hiding in plain sight
I am often asked how threat actors get their malicious packages past both the latest technical monitoring and a well-trained staff. The quick answer is the hackers are always looking for and changing to new attack vectors – such as this one: MalDoc in PDFs: Hiding malicious Word docs in …
The wrong way to manage security patches…
…let the UK Government scrutinise your security patches before you are allowed to publish them to your vulnerable customers! Sounds like a bad dream. Read on. Security Patches are Important Alarm surrounds a clause in the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act. According to the proposed legislation, tech firms will be mandated …
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A Zero-day Primer
The zero-day threat is a serious one for any vendor or organisation to deal with and you should understand how it can defeat your technical defences. Here is a three-part mini-series that takes you through the zero-day threat in a straightforward way so you can make some decisions on how …
