Lots of New Malware, Microsoft Patch Day, and Oracle Updates This week's security summary podcast includes information about Microsoft's upcoming Patch Day, stories about three interesting new malware variants, and updates to a few stories from previous episodes. Watch the video below for the details. If you'd prefer to read, see the "Reference" section for links to all these … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 15
Major US Cyber Legislation, VMware Source Code Leak, and Hotmail Hacks This week's security news round-up video is full of scary Cyber legislation, major network and organization breaches, and a couple of important security updates. If you're too busy to follow the barrage of security news every day, let WatchGuard's Security Week in review video summarize it for you. Would … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 14
Oracle CPU Update, Another Mac Trojan, and 20,000 Infected Websites This week I've been traveling in Denmark and Finland, speaking at various security events, which make this week's WatchGuard Security Week in Review an "on the road" edition. In this very short episode, I quickly cover this week's big Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU), yet another mac trojan, and a story about … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 13
Flashback Follow-up, Lots of Patches, and MBR Ransomware In this week's video, I follow up on Flashback developments, cover the various security updates that came out this week, and warn you about two new interesting malware variants that change their targets or techniques. There's a lot to learn, so check out this week's WatchGuard Security Week in Review video below. For … [Read more...]
Another OS X Java Update to Mitigate Flashback-like Malware
In two posts [ 1 / 2 ] last week, I warned you about an Apple OS X Java update that fixed a vulnerability attackers were leveraging to spread a mac trojan called Flashback. According to reports, this botnet trojan infected over 600,000 Mac users. Today, Apple released yet another OS X Java update, this time designed to remove Flashback infections and to potentially mitigate … [Read more...]
