This one action is not going to stop cyber-crime, but Microsoft has seized rogue domains in the past and there is no doubt that it has an impact on the threat actor’s illicit infrastructure. Microsoft seizes websites used to sell phony email accounts • The Register Your takeaway from this …
When software has bugs…
Software is complicated – it will have bugs and some of those bugs may have security issues. How you deal with this situation is a key part of your organisation’s cyber security plan. Why? If you are a regular reader here, you would have read about the several zero-day security …
Control your information
I am in the middle of another IT and Cyber Security audit for an organisation and as part of that report I have been asked to look at their SharePoint configuration. IT was set up in rush during the first lockdown and the board and CEO are not sure about …
Are You patched yet?
Following on from yesterdays article about using obsolete kit – almost as bad is using kit that has not been patched. There is a good reason that many of my articles here on Smart Thinking are about patches and updates, it is the most powerful cyber security step you can …
Why you do not run obsolete software or equipment
Obsolete means no security patches or updates – this is bad news. DO NOT DO IT. Make sure your budgeting takes this into account – those Windows 10 machines did cost you back then but they do not last forever. If you are still not getting the message have a …
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