Today is Patch Tuesday. Here is why it is important: How Microsoft Patch Tuesday can help your cyber security planning – CyberAwake Johannes Ullrich has written a summary of Microsoft’s June 2023 cyber security patches and updates: June 2023 Microsoft Patch Tuesday – SANS Internet Storm Centre Microsoft always has …
Building on your BitLocker Cyber Security
A follow-on from last week’s article by Ben about Windows BitLocker encryption – BitLocker for Cyber Security. BitLocker for full disk encryption As Ben described, Windows BitLocker is a feature that encrypts your entire drive to protect your data from unauthorized access or theft. It is available on certain versions …
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BitLocker for Cyber Security
BitLocker is an often-overlooked cyber security tool provided by Microsoft. Why you should understand BitLocker Oh dear, you have lost your laptop, perhaps it was stolen or maybe you simply threw it away. I hope there was nothing important or sensitive on it! At best you would have coursework or …
CISA Security Advisories
The week of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is a always a busy time for security advisories on the the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) website. Here are the current notifications, including Microsoft (of course), Apple, Mozilla and Adobe: Microsoft Releases April 2023 Security Updates | CISA (Patch Tuesday …
Patch Tuesday – It comes around so quickly!
Why is Patch Tuesday important? For that answer why Patch Tuesday is important, have a look here: How Microsoft Patch Tuesday can help your cyber security planning Patch Tuesday for April 2023 One of the patches in this release is for the zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-28252, which is a privilege elevation …
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