The developers of the OpenSSH implementation of Secure Shell have announced their intention to drop support for SHA-1 in a ‘near future release.’ OpenSSH is used by millions of system administrators to securely access networked systems. OpenSSH supports various encryption algorithms and the decision to drop support for SHA-1 comes as recent research demonstrates it […]
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In June 2020 Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday fixes a record 129 defects and vulnerabilities in its software – with a further 19 patches in the June Microsoft Office patch bundle. This continues a recent trend of ever-increasing numbers of patches included in the monthly updates from Microsoft (the two previous highest number of patches were in
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Microsoft has pushed back the end of support dates for a raft of software versions in order to ease the burden on stretched IT teams during the COVID19 pandemic. Organisations have to keep their systems updated with supported versions of software in order to benefit from the monthly security patches which are essential for network
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April’s patch Tuesday release from Microsoft includes fixes for three zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows that are under active attack. CVE-2020-1020 is a flaw in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library. According to Microsoft: For all systems except Windows 10, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code remotely. For systems running Windows 10,
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Server hardening is a set of disciplines and techniques which improve the security of an ‘off the shelf’ server. Server Hardening is requirement of security frameworks such as PCI-DSS and is typically included when organisations adopt ISO27001. What is the attack surface The aim of server hardening is to reduce the attack surface of
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We are very pleased to announce that we are now ISO 9001 & 27001 accredited. Achieving these accreditations as an organisation, allows us to demonstrate to our customers and partners that we place both quality assurance and information security at the forefront of our business and that we are commited to achieving a standard of
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After analysing dozens of ransomware incidents over the last 4 years, researchers have identified their defining common characteristics – which can help security managers design targeted defences. Mandiant Intelligence have published a report that reveals the common attributes of ransomware incidents from around the world and across the industrial spectrum. The key findings are:
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Microsoft warns that attackers are targeting two zero-day remote code execution vulnerabilities that exist in all versions of Windows – and a fix is not expected until the April patch Tuesday. The vulnerabilities exist in the Adobe Type Manager library which is a standard Windows component used primarily by Windows Explorer to display previews of
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A new report from Amnesty International highlights how reverse proxies are being used to bypass 2FA and phish the credentials of journalists and human rights defenders. Amnesty has been tracking the way journalists and human rights defenders in Uzbekistan are being targeted in sophisticated phishing attacks that include man in the middle and session high-jacking
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Microsoft has released a patch to fix a remote code execution flaw in the SMB protocol affecting Windows 10 PC and their servers. SMB is used by Active Directory, for network file sharing and some printers. Microsoft have published a security advisory which details the scope of the flaw. The problem is the way the SMBv3
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