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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:52:21 +0000
Adobe and Microsoft each released security updates for their software on Tuesday. Adobe plugged five security holes in its Flash Player browser plugin. Microsoft pushed 17 updates to fix at least 60 vulnerabilities in Windows and other software, including two “zero-day” flaws that attackers were already exploiting before Microsoft issued patches to fix them.
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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 03:11:00 -0700
More than one organization has been working on solving a major blockchain conundrum: how to improve sluggish transaction performance.
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Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:24:00 -0700
Google’s new Android 9 Pie release has plenty of fresh features and interface changes, but one of the software’s most significant security improvements has managed to stay mostly off the radar.
In addition to all of the oft-discussed privacy and security enhancements, y’see, Pie has an out-of-sight and semi-advanced option. It’s not something you’d use every day — or often at all, really — but if the right sort of occasion ever comes along, you’ll be glad you have it enabled.
Host Steve Ragan talks to Munin, a staffer at the DEF CON Blue Team Village about what's happening and what you can expect.
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.
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:28:11 +0000
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning banks that cybercriminals are preparing to carry out a highly choreographed, global fraud scheme known as an “ATM cash-out,” in which crooks hack a bank or payment card processor and use cloned cards at cash machines around the world to fraudulently withdraw millions of dollars in just a few hours.
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Host Steve Ragan talks to Munin, a staffer at the DEF CON Blue Team Village about what's happening and what you can expect.
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 05:22:00 -0700
On July 9, I recommended that you disable Windows Automatic Update and wait to see if the July Microsoft patches brought more mayhem than relief. With the August patches just a few days away, it’s time to put a nail in the July coffin. I strongly recommend that you not install any of the July patches, and pray that Microsoft treats us better in August.
It’s been a tumultuous month.