The news is a little late this week as I have been on leave.
Just a reminder that there will be Cyber Security News on Smart Thinking all over the holiday period – we’ll keep an eye out for those threats that could impact you. There will also be the regular Octagon round-up on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, but I am not expecting you to read them then – but do play the Wheel of Christmas on Christmas Eve for your chance to be entered in the draw for the Grand Prize, worth more than £750.
This is a weekly round-up of the articles from Smart Thinking Solutions, our specialist cybersecurity, governance and compliance web site.
The articles are mostly quick reads to give you an overview of the cybersecurity threat landscape facing businesses today, with links to the sources. Many of the posts have action points or top tips to help you navigate these threats to your organisations.
Sometimes they are just there to make you smile!
Log4j makes the headlines this week – an unpatched vulnerability in core software that thousands and thousands of apps rely on.
Click here for a list of the Smart Thinking articles relating to the issues: Log4j – Smart Thinking Solutions
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
We have to start with this, this week.
Log4j advice for board members from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Now for something a little lighter thanks to Randall Munroe.
Because it’s Friday – seconds count!
Remember when you are shopping online there are malicious web pages out there – here is some advice
A great article by Ben at Octagon on Privacy
Minecraft vulnerable to a Zero-Day vulnerability and others are sure to follow – Log4j
More on Twitter’s privacy rule change – PhD research to see what people think
More on breaking TOR anonymity
Website security either some people just don’t get it or they cannot be bothered!
Octagon Technology now has a Polish language version of their blog
Your Privacy – get informed!
Bruce Schneier on Log4j
More about Log4j
100 attacks a minute – Log4j
Why “just anti-virus” is not the whole solution
“What we’ll be doing when AI is doing most of what we currently call work” – The Reith Lecture
Beware of contact forms – of course the hackers abuse these as well!
Windows Cloud Clipboard – Firefox fixes password leak
More about Log4j
VMware vulnerability
Sainsbury’s impacted by ransomware attack
Meta takes steps to protect user privacy
Putting the brakes on Big Tech
Log4j – Java Packages
