I have lost track of the number of services that I am being offered include “AI” to make them better, more helpful, intuitive, etc., etc., etc.. Even my Microsoft 365 for Business comes with AI interfering, sorry helping at every turn. But what happens when the threat actors get their …
Because It’s Friday – Christmas is almost here
This is not so much a funny as topical, with the online (and real world) Christmas shopping rush in full progress. (For those of you still shopping – I’m done.) One Foot Tsunami: Package Camoflauge So, talking of Christmas gifts, this is an opportunity to point you at Octagon’s blog …
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Another bad Android app
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about bad apps and how easy it is for the threat actors to create them and deploy them into the Google Play Store – You must have an Android cyber security policy. Here is another example. Chameleon is a mobile trojan for Android …
Microsoft guidance for Office zero-day vulnerability – Follina
I have written about this Microsoft Word vulnerability earlier this week: New attack using Microsoft Office documents – could you or your team recognise it? – Smart Thinking Solutions There is still not patch – but Microsoft has issued some mitigation guidance: Guidance for CVE-2022-30190 Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability …
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New attack using Microsoft Office documents – could you or your team recognise it?
We all send and receive Microsoft Office documents, day in and day out, using email. It is how businesses and organisations work in a Microsoft Business World – even if you have a Mac or an iPad. So any attack vector that combine a Microsoft Word document with email is …
New Android malware – Escobar – stealing MFA codes among other secret data
Escobar mobile malware targets 190 banking and financial apps, steals 2FA codes | TechRepublic A version of this malicious software was found in circulation cloaked as McAfee software. This software is being offered for rent on the Dark Web so it could be used by multiple hackers who do not …
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Inside Trickbot – UPDATED
Here is a geeky article from a Microsoft research team – only read it if the intricacies of a hack interest you. Trickbot is a well established, sophisticated piece of malware that has been developed and expanded since it was first discovered in 2016. This constant change makes it a …
