Time to Patch – Page 9 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:05:41 +0000

Adobe and Microsoft each released updates today to tackle critical security weaknesses in their software. Microsoft’s December patch batch is relatively light, addressing more than three dozen vulnerabilities in Windows and related applications. Adobe has issued security fixes for its Acrobat and PDF Reader products, and has a patch for yet another zero-day flaw in Flash Player that is already being exploited in the wild.

Independent Krebs

November 14, 2018 admin

Patch Tuesday, November 2018 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:25:13 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday released 16 software updates to fix more than 60 security holes in various flavors of Windows and other Microsoft products. Adobe’s also got security patches available for Flash, Acrobat and Adobe Reader users.

Independent Krebs

October 11, 2018 admin

Patch Tuesday, October 2018 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:34:56 +0000

Microsoft this week released software updates to fix roughly 50 security problems with various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including one flaw that is already being exploited and another for which exploit code is publicly available.

Independent Krebs

October 9, 2018 admin

Naming & Shaming Web Polluters: Xiongmai

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:41:56 +0000

What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? If ever there were a technology giant that deserved to be named and shamed for polluting the Web, it is Xiongmai — a Chinese maker of electronic parts that power a huge percentage of cheap digital video recorders (DVRs) and Internet-connected security cameras.

Independent Krebs

September 11, 2018 admin

Patch Tuesday, September 2018 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:35:27 +0000

Adobe and Microsoft today each released patches to fix serious security holes in their software. Adobe pushed out a new version of its beleaguered Flash Player browser plugin. Redmond issued updates to address at least 61 distinct vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and related programs, including several flaws that were publicly detailed prior to today and one “zero-day” bug in Windows that is already being actively exploited by attackers.

Independent Krebs

August 23, 2018 admin

Experts Urge Rapid Patching of ‘Struts’ Bug

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:22:35 +0000

In September 2017, Equifax disclosed that a failure to patch one of its Internet servers against a pervasive software flaw — in a Web component known as Apache Struts — led to a breach that exposed personal data on 147 million Americans. Now security experts are warning that blueprints showing malicious hackers how to exploit a newly-discovered Apache Struts bug are available online, leaving countless organizations in a rush to apply new updates and plug the security hole before attackers can use it to wriggle inside.

Independent Krebs

August 16, 2018 admin

Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:01:36 +0000

An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. Increasingly frequent, high-profile attacks like these are prompting some experts to say the surest way to safeguard one’s online accounts may be to disconnect them from the mobile providers entirely.

Independent Krebs

August 15, 2018 admin

Patch Tuesday, August 2018 Edition

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.