Tag: Google

  • News for September 26, 2022

    Morgan Stanley Improper Data Disposalby Artie Kaye The financial company was issued a civil money penalty by the SEC regarding improper disposal of their data storage.  Unwiped storage found its way into the hands of private citizens.  Personal identifying information was still on drives and network devices.  Not all devices believed to be unwiped have…

  • CISA Active Exploit List Updated September 8, 2022

    by Artie Kaye The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have added 12 items to their list of must address exploits.  The date to fix by is September 29, 2022.  As these are actively being used by attackers in the wild it is recommended to resolve the issues.  Below are the CVE numbers, the companies,…

  • News for August 10, 2022

    Cookie Theft and Exploitationby Artie Kaye It is good practice to clear your cookies regularly, and log out of websites regularly as well.  Cookies store information and credentials and have an expiration timer.  There are ways for a hacker to gain access to the cookies on your system.  By obtaining a copy of a session…

  • August 2022 Patch Tuesday

    by Artie Kaye Once a month many tech companies release large patches to fix various problems that arise.  This has become known as Patch Tuesday.  This is to inform which companies have made announcements about important patches.  For in depth information regarding the patches, the links will be below each section. MicrosoftTwo zero-day flaws addressed,…

  • News for August 3, 2022

    Phishing Scam Targets Microsoft Email Usersby Artie Kaye A new phishing scam is making use of Microsoft’s mail system to target businesses.  A link will be sent to a user, if clicked it will look official.  The attacks utilize adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM.)  This means that the data sent from the user travels through the hands of…