This is a very quick post – to point you in the direction of a short article I have written over at Smart Thinking. I spend a lot of my time thinking and writing about cyber security (and the team would also add “drinking coffee”, and my answer is “but how do you do IT […]
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Smartphones, ransomware and Microsoft Office macros are featured in this week’s cyber security news. The post covering cyber security and the Ukraine Russia conflict has be updated several times this week – make sure you are aware of the latest developments and have actioned the National Cyber Security Centre’s advice, linked to in the post.
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 22 July 2022 Read More »
I am on leave – hence the round-up is a day late this week, although I posted cyber security stories all week and a post for Octagon, whilst sitting on the balcony on the sun. Of course you can keep up with the news daily by going direct to: Smart Thinking Solutions – Cybersecurity Starts
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 16 July 2022 Read More »
The National Cyber Security Centre issued more advice this week in relationship to the Ukraine Russia conflict. The concern is for businesses and organisations having to sustain high levels of cyber security readiness as the conflict progresses – they offer advice on how to manage the situation and people, to keep peak performance. There is
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 8 July 2022 Read More »
I was away on leave last week, hence the round-up is on Monday and not Friday. Some of the Articles on Smart Thinking were shorter this week, again because I was on holiday, but they are still important to you if you want to maintain awareness of the cyber security landscape. The advice to organisations
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 4 July 2022 Read More »
There is no one theme that jumps out this week – except the Google chatbot “is it sentient” story is everywhere – see tomorrow’s weekend read -, but that is just a bit of fun – not cyber security. The week has been made up of a variety of cyber security stories every organisation should
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 24 June 2022 Read More »
We will start with the positive news this week. Microsoft, included in it’s Patch Tuesday fixes for the Follina vulnerability. Let’s hope it is a fix that is effective? The Russia Ukraine conflict is still a cyber security risk we should all be aware of: The rest of the week has been a bit slow
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 17 June 2022 Read More »
On August 1st 2020 a gentleman known by the name of Benjamin Altpeter wrote a thesis. On one page tucked away inside was a description of an exploit within Microsoft office running on Windows. This issue was reported to Microsoft, but it is not yet clear why, after 22 months when it is rediscovered, it
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The significant news this week is a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word, that Microsoft has not yet patched – although they have published advice about the issue: Microsoft guidance for Office zero-day vulnerability – Follina – Smart Thinking Solutions The malware is called Follina and it uses macros as part of it’s attack and this
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 10 June 2022 Read More »
