Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000
Major changes are underway, with new rules for federal agencies and updated requirements for public-private partnerships. We discuss the implementation plans for the strategy’s first two pillars: defend critical infrastructure and disrupt and dismantle threat actors.
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Microsoft released 59 updates in its September Patch Tuesday release, with critical patches for Microsoft Office and Visual Studio, and continued the trend of including non-Microsoft applications in its update cycle. (Notepad++ is a notable addition, with Autodesk returning with a revised bulletin.) We’ve made “Patch Now” recommendations for Microsoft development platforms (Visual Studio) and Microsoft Word.
Unfortunately, updates for Microsoft Exchange Server have also returned, requiring server reboots this time, too.
The team at Readiness has created this infographic outlining the risks associated with each of the September updates.
Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:00:00 +0000
The threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Storm-0324 is a financially motivated group known to gain initial access using email-based initial infection vectors and then hand off access to compromised networks to other threat actors. These handoffs frequently lead to ransomware deployment. Beginning in July 2023, Storm-0324 was observed distributing payloads using an open-source tool […]
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Scams We caught a nasty phish yesterday, likely looking to feed on victims of last year’s LastPass breach. |
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Read moreCategories: Apple Categories: News Tags: Wonderlust Tags: iPhone Tags: iCloud Tags: backup Tags: 2FA Tags: Apple D Tags: trusted device Has the launch of the iPhone 15 triggered a yearning to upgrade to a new model? Here are some tips to consider during transfer. |
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Credit to Author: Byron Price| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:33:06 +0000
Teams from across the UK have been using their Sophos volunteering hours to support a range of great causes over the summer.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:22:05 +0000
In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that a cybercriminal using the handle “USDoD” had infiltrated the FBI’s vetted information sharing network InfraGard, and was selling the contact information for all 80,000 members. The FBI responded by reverifying all InfraGard members and by seizing the cybercrime forum where the data was being sold. But on Sept. 11, 2023, USDoD resurfaced after a lengthy absence to leak sensitive employee data stolen from the aerospace giant Airbus, while promising to visit the same treatment on top U.S. defense contractors.
Read moreCategories: Personal Tags: apple Tags: wanderlust Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: event Tags: BTC Tags: ETH Tags: fake We take a look at a cryptocurrency scam riding on the coat tails of the Apple Wonderlust event. |
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Read moreCategories: Business Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Microsoft Tags: Adobe Tags: Android Tags: Apple Tags: Chrome Tags: SAP Tags: Exchange Tags: Visual Studio Tags: CVE-2023-36761 Tags: CVE-2023-36802 Tags: CVE-2023-29332 Tags: Azure Microsoft’s September 2023 Patch Tuesday is another important one. It patches two vulnerabilities which are known to be actively exploited. |
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