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Well THAT Didn’t Take Long

Last Week Microsoft Announced Microsoft Azure Sentinel, a cloud based Security Information and Event Management System (SIEM) and a Threat Hunting and Analysis Service called Microsoft Threat Experts. As Ray and I discussed on a recent video, available on Youtube, the best outcome of that announcement is if Google and Amazon make a similar announcement. […]

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Adobe Releases Emergency Patch For Cold Fusion

Adobe seems to have trouble catching a break sometimes, Today they released an emergency patch for a vulnerability in the Cold Fusion application that Adobe bought in 2005. The bug allows an attacker to bypass the file upload restrictions, allowing an attacker to upload a malicious executable and then get the target system to execute […]

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Security News Bites for the Week Ending March 1, 2019

We Don’t Need Back Doors in Crypto – We Have Enough Bugs Already! Researchers have found three new bugs in the protocol design (as opposed to the implementation) in both 4G and 4G cellular networks.  The design flaws can be carried out by any person with a little knowledge of cellular paging protocols. The hardware to […]

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This is Why I am So Adamant About the Importance of Patching

Just ONE day after the announcement of the NINETEEN YEAR OLD bug in the very popular WinRAR utility, Checkpoint Software found examples of it being exploited in the wild.  Given that the vast majority of the 500 million copies  will likely NEVER be patched and the fact that the bug allows the hacker to take […]

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Linkedin Messaging Used to Target Businesses

Many employees are at least curious about their next job.  That is the basis for this attack. The attacker sends Linkedin direct messages from a  legitimate Linkedin account. If that doesn’t appeal  to the target, the attacker sends emails to the targets business email address suggesting a job offer. The links in the email points […]

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