Cyber Wise Alerts
As of January 10th Microsoft will stop support for Windows 8.1. From this date, technical assistance from Microsoft and software updates will no longer be provided. Support for the Edge browser on Windows 8.1 is also being cut. This means that the web browser will no longer receive feature or security updates. Any PC that [...]
Apple has released a critical update to patch security flaws discovered on its iOS and Mac devices. Upon releasing the update, Apple said the new software provides “important security updates recommended for all users”. Security experts warn that not updating iPhones, iPads and Macs to the latest iOS and MacOS versions left devices vulnerable to [...]
As tensions rise further in Eastern Europe, the UK government's involvement has put UK businesses under threat of increased Russian cyber-attacks. GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) and NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) have urged UK businesses of all sizes to take pre-emptive measures and improve their IT security to protect from a probable surge in Russian-based [...]
500 Email servers in the UK are said to be affected by what Microsoft thinks is a Chinese state-sponsored attack, meaning the Chinese government funded the attackers that carried out the attack. The attack was first announced by Microsoft on the 2nd of March where they said the group that carried the attack out [...]
There has been a rise in infections of a Russian made ransomware known as 'Ryuk' or 'Conti'. First reported in Q2 2020, the steep rise in cases being reported coincides with the release of the 3rd. iteration of the malware. Compared to other families of ransomware, Ryuk has very few safeguards. For example, many ransomware [...]
