December 13, 2022

Good morning, everyone!

This week’s critical vulnerabilities: Google Chrome has released a fix for its 9th zero-day vulnerability this year. All platforms. Cisco has announced a critical vulnerability in its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series VoIP phones. No patch has been released, but they suggest disabling Cisco Discovery Protocol as an interim mitigation. Android has released fixes for more than 80 vulnerabilities in versions 10-13 Patch All the Things!

Online Shopping Safety

It's that time of year! Shopping all day long -- on that phone or tablet. CISA has released some online safety tips for the holiday season, including Four Things you can do to protect youself online (hint: you've read them all here before!) plus an instructional video, and three tip sheets:

• Check your devices
• Shop through trusted sources
• Use safe methods for purchasing

Happy shopping!

For an interesting bit of extra reading, check out 8 strange ways employees can (accidently) expose data.

Remember, you can read past editions of this newsletter on our website, along with tons more information under the Resources tab.

Have a great week!

Glenda R. Snodgrass
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