Apple Updates a Lot October 25, 2023

 iOS 17.1

iPadOS 17.1

Sonoma 14.1

tvOS 17.1

iPadOS 16.7.2

iOS 15.8

Monterey 12.7.1

WatchOS 10.1

  Important bug fixes and security updates.

Recommended for all users.

Apple App store – check for updates

OneDrive

WinRAR Vulnerability Manual Update required

 WinRAR is an archive application popular on the Windows platform. 

The vulnerability is addressed in WinRAR version 6.24

Solar Magnetic Storm Level Increase

 

Williamson County Sheriff's Office offering free steering wheel locks to Hyundai and Kia owners

  Recent increase in auto thefts of Hyundai and Kia vehicles has prompted the Williamson county sheriff's office to provide a limited number of steering wheel locks for owners to attempt a curb the recent increase in auto thefts of those vehicles due to videos on social media detailing how to easily the process is.

 To request a steering wheel lock email the sheriff's office:
CID@wilco.org
with contact information including phone number.

Apple releases security patches for iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7

 Patches/updates to iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1.

This to address vulnerabilities fixed last week on the more current iOS and iPadOS versions.

So, security updates!

Not so for iOS 15.7.9

IMPORTANT Information MOVEit

 

                                                MOVEit
We try to keep up and protect our IDentity and personal information.

A product used by a very large number of corporations, institutions, and
governments called MOVEit had a severe vulnerability that hackers took
advantage of and stole large quantities of information for months before
being found. Many affected corporations may still be unaware of the data breach
or scope.

A lot of us are just now being notified of how much of our data has been breached.
We are getting legal notification from publicly traded companies due to forced
SEC filings.

These legal notices may offer credit monitoring services. The credit monitoring services
require our personal information to monitor that personal information.

A lot of these credit monitoring services we may have never heard of. The contract is
between the breached company and the credit monitoring services. We probably will
not know those details.

So, as never before we need to be Aware. Prepare. Understand.

Details can be obtained from the Cyber Security SIG presentations.

Apple updates for vulnerabilities iOS 17.0.3 iPadOS 17.0.3

  Recent discovery of vulnerability in WebRTC which exposes mobile devices to arbitrary code execution attacks.

Microsoft security related updates to Edge, Teams, and Skype

 The applications listed used a vulnerable open-source library that was found to have active exploits.

Please visit the Microsoft store to obtain and update these products.
And any other applications with available updates.

Consider removing these applications if they are unused.

Georgetown Police warning on Fundraising phone scam

By FOX 7 Austin Digital TeamPublished October 3, 2023 12:13PMCrime and Public SafetyFOX 7 Austin

GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Georgetown Police Department is warning residents about a new phone scam where the caller claims to be fundraising for public service agencies.

GPD says the caller says they're "fundraising for the police department or fire department" and will be persistent in asking the resident if they agree that police or fire should be funded.

The goal of this scam is to get the resident to say "yes" at which point they hang up and now have a voice recording of that "yes."

GPD is reminding residents it will never call about fundraising or have someone else call on their behalf. 

GPD also advises that if you don't recognize the number, it would be safer to let it go to voicemail rather than answer and potentially fall victim to a scam like this.

Nation wide test of Emergency Alert Systems and Wireless Emergency Alerts October 4 2:20 PM Eastern Time

  Radio and TV stations:

“This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, covering the United States from 14:20 to 14:50 hours ET. This is only a test. No action is required by the public.”

Wireless Phones:

“THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”

Wednesday's test of the Emergency Alert System will be the seventh ever test. The test of Wireless Emergency Alert will be the second time the test is sent to consumer cellular devices.