Malware-Possessed Printers, Apple Embraces Security, and Automated Bank Heists Compared to the last few months, this week seems relatively quiet as far as security stories are concerned. We saw some security incidents this week, but nothing that would catch your hair on fire. Today's weekly summary highlights an older trojan that is causing new problems for network printers, … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
WatchGuard Releases v3.1.3 for SSL 100 and 560 Appliances
WatchGuard is pleased to announce the release of WatchGuard SSL OS v3.1.3 for the WatchGuard SSL 100 and SSL 560. WatchGuard SSL OS v3.1.3 is primarily a maintenance release designed to increase the stability of your SSL VPN appliance, and to make improvements to the product based on customer feedback. It contains many enhancements and bug fixes. Some highlights from the … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 23
Wild Exploit, AutoCAD Malware, and a Hacking Demo Did you apply Microsoft’s patches and Fixit last week? If not, this week’s news (and attack demo) ought to convince you to jump on those important updates right away. Today’s episode warns of attackers actively targeting two of Microsoft’s vulnerabilities from last week, a new malware sample that specifically steals AutoCAD … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 22
Lots of Software Updates and Security Patches. The theme of this week's security summary is software updates. Microsoft's Patch Day falls on the second Tuesday of the month, and many others follow Microsoft, releasing their own security updates during the same day or week. This week, we saw updates to fix security vulnerabilities in Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, Apple, and VMware … [Read more...]
Microsoft Warns of Zeroday XML Core Services Vulnerability
During their already busy Patch Day, Microsoft snuck out a security advisory warning their customers that attackers are exploiting a previously undiscovered vulnerability in XML Core Services to launch drive-by download attacks in the wild. Microsoft's XML Core Services (MSXML) is basically a component that helps Windows, Internet Explorer, and other Microsoft products to … [Read more...]