Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The patches and fixes are out but Octagon’s support team is still getting enquiries about the Microsoft Follina flaw. Here is a blog post by Ben, one of the support team at Octagon, outlining what you need to know. And Smart Thinking’s article:
Normally my cyber security posts are business orientated, but occasionally there is cyber security news that could have an impact on your and your friends and family. Microsoft has announced a step-up to it’s personal/family Microsoft 365 by adding a more advanced version of Microsoft Defender to the apps included …
Here is a good news story: A two month operation – called First Light 2022 – between law enforcement agencies of 76 nations has led to the seizure of millions of pounds of assets and the arrest of thousands. The organised gangs targeted were behind hundreds of telecommunications and social …
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This post was originally made on 9 June 2022 Update 15 June 2022 Microsoft has included updates in it’s Patch Tuesday bundle to address this issue: Microsoft Patch Tuesday – Follina zero-day fixed – Smart Thinking Solutions Get the updates done as soon as possible. Let’s hope this is really …
The Emotet botnet started off as banking trojan then evolved into a spamming and malware delivery system, has now moved onto exfiltrating credit card data: Emotet malware gang shifts to stealing credit cards • The Register If you have your credit card details stored in your Google Chrome browser, the …
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