Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Make sure your Google Chrome patching is up to date. Google has just released a patch to fix a flaw in Chrome that was being actively exploited by threat actors. The attack is directed at the WebRTC system – which is a component used in web based comms, so avoid …
This is a follow-up to last week’s story: New commercial spyware for phones – Smart Thinking Solutions This is Google describing how they countered the Hermit smartphone malware and discusses their Project Zero for countering zero-day threats. Spyware vendor targets users in Italy and Kazakhstan (blog.google) Your best defence against …
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The patches and fixes are out but Octagon’s support team is still getting enquiries about the Microsoft Follina flaw. Here is a blog post by Ben, one of the support team at Octagon, outlining what you need to know. And Smart Thinking’s article:
This post was originally made on 9 June 2022 Update 15 June 2022 Microsoft has included updates in it’s Patch Tuesday bundle to address this issue: Microsoft Patch Tuesday – Follina zero-day fixed – Smart Thinking Solutions Get the updates done as soon as possible. Let’s hope this is really …
The National Cyber Security Centre are back with their weekly threat report – having had a week off for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Threat Report 10 June 2022 – NCSC.GOV.UK However it does not mention the latest information on the Microsoft Word / msdt.exe / Follina zero-day cyber security risk:
