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Posted on 27 January 202227 January 2022

Bug programmes are a key step in our cyber-security

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I have previously written about bug bounty programmes – where software vendors will pay white-hat hackers for information about flaws in their software – so security steps, updates and patches can be released before the black-hat hackers can exploit them in the wild. A little light holiday reading! – Smart …

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Posted on 26 January 202228 January 2022

Only if you have an iLo

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 Over 20 thousand servers have their iLO interfaces exposed to the internet, many with outdated and …

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Posted on 23 January 202227 January 2022

Linux servers – so you think this is not your problem?

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Much of the internet infrastructure is composed of Linux machines – and it looks like malware cyber attacks of these and other Linux devices is up throughout 2021, with no indication that they will decrease in 2022. Linux-Targeted Malware Increases by 35% in 2021 | CrowdStrike Linux malware sees 35% …

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Posted on 18 January 202218 January 2022

A little light holiday reading!

Bounty Everything

I am on leave/writing retreat at the moment and one of the things I like to do when away is read. Bruce Schneier’s blog put me on to this very interesting work. Bounty Everything by Ryan Ellis & Yuan Stevens – (datasociety.net) “Hackers and the Making of the Global Bug …

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Posted on 12 January 202212 January 2022

Patch Tuesday – get to work…

software patches are essential cybersecurity

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 …

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