Ransomware, the how and where and what your first step is in defending against it…

ransomware headlines - infotech

Here are a couple of stories showing that ransomware hits large and small organisations: Luxembourg energy companies struggling with alleged ransomware attack, data breach – The Record by Recorded Future At least 34 healthcare orgs affected by alleged ransomware attack on OneTouchPoint – The Record by Recorded Future The Bromford …

A combination attack that exploits the Log4j vulnerability and VMware to deliver ransomware

I have published a lot on the log4j and log4shell exploits and vulnerability. CISA issued a special warning about the long term impact of the issue: CISA advisory for continued exploitation of Log4Shell in VMware Horizon Systems – Smart Thinking Solutions Here is another real world example of the exploitation …

I switched to Windows 11 – have you? Here is the security and privacy case for switching.

Windows 11

Time to make a coffee and have a look at Windows 11 and what Microsoft is doing to protect your work and organisations. The first article is by Microsoft – so treat it as such – but it does lay out clearly the aims and objectives of the operating system …