Month: August 2018

MalwareBytesSecurity

A week in security (August 6 – 12)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 6 – 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

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SecurityTrendMicro

How Do I Make My Windows 10 Computer Run Faster? (Part 1)

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:40:16 +0000

We’ve all been there. You get your shiny home PC or laptop back from the store and unboxed and everything is perfect. It runs like a dream: starting up quickly, speeding you through internet searches and web browsing, and applications open in the blink of an eye. But then over the following months, gradually things…

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ComputerWorldIndependent

Patch Tuesday’s coming: Block Windows Update and pray we don’t get fooled again

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 06:37:00 -0700

July 2018 patches for both Windows and Office brought bugs and bugs of bugs — many of which haven’t been solved, even now. We have even reached the unprecedented stage where the .NET team openly warned people against installing buggy updates, and the Monthly Rollup previews got shoved down the Automatic Update chute to fix bugs in the primary Monthly Rollup.

July was more galling than most months because the patches caused widespread problems for many, while plugging security holes for exactly zero widespread infections.

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