{"id":2599,"date":"2022-09-20T14:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nebrcentre.co.uk\/?p=2599"},"modified":"2022-09-20T14:07:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T14:07:07","slug":"keep-your-devices-up-to-date-to-reduce-cyber-security-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/keep-your-devices-up-to-date-to-reduce-cyber-security-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Devices Up to Date to Reduce Cyber Security Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Keeping&nbsp;your cyber security in tip-top shape is more than just protecting passwords&nbsp;and maintaining reliable backups, it\u2019s important that you ensure your devices stay updated.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>System updates may seem like a chore and can take up a lot of your precious time, but it\u2019s crucial that you&nbsp;keep firmware up to date to avoid cyber criminals taking advantage of flaws.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Recently, HP\u2019s business-oriented notebooks were discovered to have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2022\/09\/high-severity-firmware-security-flaws.html\">security flaws&nbsp;concerning memory corruption<\/a>&nbsp;with the System Management Mode of the firmware,&nbsp;which was left unpatched.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>HP is set to release patches and updates to fix these flaws, which could put customers at risk of cyber attacks if left ignored.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>If you are concerned about your device, remember&nbsp;to&nbsp;keep all software fully updated, including anti-malware programs, security software, and password managers.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>For further information on how you can manage the security of your devices, why not sign up&nbsp;for&nbsp;the NEBRC\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/core-membership-sign-up\/\">free&nbsp;core membership?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>If you would like to find out more, please email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk\">enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The NEBRC&nbsp;is a non-profit organisation that aims to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/services\/\">educate, inform, and support<\/a>&nbsp;businesses across the UK on how to stay safe against online fraud and cyber attacks through cyber security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping&nbsp;your cyber security in tip-top shape is more than just protecting passwords&nbsp;and maintaining reliable backups, it\u2019s important that you ensure your devices stay updated. System&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}