Mass WordPress Site Hacks, OS X Update, and Major Verisign Breach This week's WatchGuard Security Week in Review comes to you from on the road in Texas. I'm travelling this week to speak at various WatchGuard security events, but was still able to record an episode using my iPhone. You've got to love technology! That said, due to my travel schedule on Friday, I had to produce … [Read more...]
2012's First OS X Update Corrects 52 Security Vulnerabilities
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) and OS X 10.7.x (Lion) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing your users to visit a malicious web site, or into downloading and viewing various document or media files Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker executes code on your … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Announces Fireware XTM and WSM v11.5.1
Available for All XTM Appliances WatchGuard is excited to announce the release of Fireware XTM v11.5.1 and WatchGuard System Manager (WSM) v11.5.1, the latest security operating system for our award-winning XTM appliance line. You can install Fireware XTM OS v11.5.1 on any WatchGuard XTM device, including 2 Series, the new XTM 330, 5 Series, 8 Series, XTM 1050, and XTM 2050 … [Read more...]
Apple Releases a Pile of Security Updates in October
If you use Apple products, you'll be busy updating this month. Today, Apple released a bunch of security advisories (on their Security Update page), informing customers of updates for many of their products. Here's a list of security advisories for all the updated products: OS X Lion v10.7.2 and Security Update 2011-006 iTunes 10.5 Safari 5.1.1 iOS 5 Software … [Read more...]
Apple OSX: Take Your Leopards In For a Checkup
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) and OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing your users to visit a malicious web site, or into downloading and viewing various documents or images Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker executes code on your … [Read more...]