UK Government proposes legislative changes to bolster country’s cyber defences
Details of proposals by the United Kingdom government aimed at improving UK cyber defences have been unveiled this week.
The Weekly Rundown: w/b 13 September 2021
This week, we look at Microsoft’s password-less future, September security updates, ProtonMail Privacy & a new Kali Linux release.
The Weekly Rundown: w/b 05 July 2021
The Weekly Rundown is a new feature summarising the most prominent stories of the week in the world of Cybersecurity, Privacy and Technology in an easy-to-follow, brief format. In the week where sports fans looked to the final of both EURO 2020 and Wimbledon, equally big events occurred in the tech sphere too. From the …
REvil ransomware attackers hit Kaseya
The software vendor Kaseya that provides IT management software used by companies globally has been attacked by REvil.
Microsoft issues partial fix for PrintNightmare
As of July 7, 2021, Microsoft has issued an emergency security update for Windows to address CVE-2021-34527, known as PrintNightmare.
Microsoft Exchange Hack: A Summary
A brief overview of the situation regarding the Microsoft Exchange security vulnerabilities.
Mozilla Releases ‘High Impact’ Vulnerability Fixes
Mozilla has patched ‘High Impact’ vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird.
Chrome Extension “The Great Suspender” removed from Chrome Web Store due to security concerns
Today, many Chromium browser users may find an extension missing, RAM usage increased, or suspended tabs lost, after the removal of one of the most popular Google Chrome extensions, The Great Suspender, from the Chrome Web Store. @googlechrome #news The popular extension, which I use(d) myself, @greatsuspender, has been kicked off the web store as …
The Weekly Rundown: w/b 20 July 2020
Here is a summary of the most prominent Cybersecurity stories making the headlines over the past week or so. Patch Tuesday, July 14 2020 Microsoft issued a large set of fixes in it’s updates this Patch Tuesday – a total of 123 vulnerabilities, of which 18 were critical in Hyper-V, DNS Server, PerformancePoint, SharePoint Server, …