Kaspersky Web Traffic Security is flexible gateway protection
Credit to Author: Oleg Gorobets| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:06:57 +0000
Our security solution for Internet gateways is updated and more capable than ever.
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Take your time, get it right for March Patch Tuesday
Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:41:00 -0700
This is a big update to the Windows platform for the Microsoft March Patch Tuesday release cycle. Consisting of 115 patches, mostly to the Windows desktop, with almost all of the critical issues relating to browser-based scripting engine memory issues, this will be a difficult set of updates to release and manage.
The testing profile for the Windows desktop platform is very large, with a lower than usual exploitability/risk rating. For this month, we do not have any reports of publicly exploited or disclosed vulnerabilities (zero-days), so my recommendation is to take your time, test the changes to each platform, create a staged rollout plan and wait for future (potentially) imminent changes from Microsoft.
What can the NYPD teach you about security?
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:41:39 +0000
At RSA Conference 2020, the former director of Cyber Intelligence and Investigations for the NYPD talked about how the police have raised cybersecurity awareness.
Read MoreCome on, Microsoft! Is it really that hard to update Windows 10 right?
Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:47:00 -0700
Yesterday, on Patch Tuesday, as I was finishing up the column that follows lamenting the sorry state of Windows 10 patches and providing copious examples of things gone very wrong, a big, fat example landed in my lap (but happily not in my laptop). Word emerged that Microsoft had accidentally leaked news about a new Server Message Block (SMB) bug with a maximum severity rating, a.k.a. SMBGhost. The leak also said that this bug wasn’t patched in that day’s releases.
Enjoy your Steam: how criminals make money on gamers
Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:09:32 +0000
Why Steam users often fall victims to scams and frauds and how to avoid it.
Read MorePatch Tuesday’s tomorrow. We're in uncharted territory. Get Automatic Updates paused.
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 07:06:00 -0700
It’s always a good idea to pause Windows updates just before they hit the rollout chute. This month, we’re facing two extraordinary issues that you need to take into account. Wouldn’t hurt if you told your friends and family, too.
Take last month’s Windows patches. Please. We had one patch, KB 4524244, that slid out on Patch Tuesday, clobbered an unknown number of machines (HP PCs with Ryzen processors got hit hard), then remained in “automatic download” status until it was finally pulled on Friday. We had another patch, KB 4532693, that gobbled desktop icons and moved files while performing a nifty trick with temporary user profiles. Microsoft never did fix that one.
Enterprise resilience: Backup and management tips for iOS, Mac
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 06:30:00 -0800
Apple’s solutions are seeing increasing use across the enterprise, but do you have a business resilience strategy in place in case things go wrong?
If you’re one of the estimated 73% of SMBs that have not yet made such preparation, now might be a good time to start.
Your data is your business
It’s challenging enough when a consumer user suffers data loss as precious memories and valuable information go up in the digital smoke. Natural disasters, technology and infrastructure problems or human-made problems such as burglary, cyberattacks or civil unrest can all impact the sanctity of your systems, whatever platform you use. It matters because in today’s connected world, your data is your business.
Apple, the FIDO Alliance and the future of passwords
Apple is the latest firm to join the FIDO Alliance, an industry standards group developing more secure ways to log in to online accounts and apps using multi-factor authentication (MFA), biometric authentication and physical security keys. Computerworld's Lucas Mearian joins Ken Mingis and Juliet Beauchamp to discuss the Apple move, how different forms of authentication work and how far away we are from a password-less world.