You always need to keep up with the cyber security of your WordPress website and any plug-ins you use. Here is another that needs checking: Massive Balada Injector campaign attacking WordPress sites since 2017 (bleepingcomputer.com) Now the question you need to ask yourself is who looks after my website, assuming …
Apple updates fix Zero-day flaws
Apple updates have been issued across it’s range of devices to address to address two zero-day flaws discovered in their operating systems. The affected range of devices is extensive but as of writing there have been no reports of active exploitation of the flaws. The best thing to do is …
Watch where you download your Tor browser from…
…or any other software. Governments around the world, including for instance Russia, ban Tor web sites from the internet in their countries as it is a very effective way for users to conceal their IP address from authorities. However this had led to a rise in other sites offering Tor …
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Why Zero-day attacks are a real issue
The gap between the vendor discovering a vulnerability and the patch getting to you will always be an issue – this is the zero-day threat. It escalates if the threat actors became aware of the vulnerability and exploits it before the vendor becomes aware. Now research by Mandiant shows that, …
Patch Tuesday
Microsoft released it second Patch Tuesday of 2023 yesterday and it fixes a range of security and functionality issues across the range of Microsoft products, including fixing three zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited. Here is the Microsoft release notes page: February 2023 Security Updates – Release Notes – …
