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News Week Ending July 3, 2022
Windows Autopatchby Artie Kaye An upcoming feature being rolled out for Windows Enterprise E3 in July: The Autopatch. This is designed to patch all computers on a business network to prevent possible errors from version compatibility and maintain security updates. These patches will install automatically as the name implies, without assistance from users. The autopatch…
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News Week Ending June 26, 2022
Borat Malwareby Artie Kaye Fans of the Borat movies may be surprised to discover that his name has been co-opted by a malware group. This remote access trojan, or RAT, is a suite of malware programs that includes ransomware, spyware, and functions to turn infected machines into DDoS vectors, among many other possible functions. Trojans…
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News Week Ending June 19, 2022
Follina Patchby Artie Kaye Microsoft has released a patch for Follina, which is actively being used to attack users. Follina is an exploit that exists in Office. If a user downloads a compromised file and opens it using Office, there is a script hidden in the document that will run and give the attacker access…
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News Week Ending June 12, 2022
How Lapsus$ Gains Accessby Artie Kaye Even with the arrests made in the UK, Lapsus$ compromised the databases at Globant. The current understanding of how the group gains access to companies is through their technological supply chain. If a large company is doing business with a smaller one, Lapsus$ targets the smaller one to attempt…
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News Week Ending June 5, 2022
Sophos Firewall Patchby Artie Kaye A high threat vulnerability has been found in Sophos Firewall. Sophos has identified the problem and has released a patch. If you’re running Sophos Firewall version 18.5.3 or older, patch this as soon as you can. It is actively being sought after and exploited by malicious entities. The flaw is…