Severity: Medium Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Excel (and Office) 2003 through 2010 for Mac and PC (and related components) How an attacker exploits it: By enticing one of your users to open a malicious Excel document Impact: In the worst case, an attacker executes code on your user's computer, gaining complete control of it What to do: Install Microsoft's Excel … [Read more...]
Apple Posts Security Updates for OS X, iOS, and Safari
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Apple OS X 10.6.x-10.8.x, Safari 6.0 and below, and iOS 5.1.1 and below. How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing your users into opening specially crafted files, or visiting malicious websites Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker can execute code with your … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 18
AusCERT 2012, QuickTime Updates, and a New Zeus Variant This week's "on the road" edition of WatchGuard Security Week in Review comes to you from the sunny Gold Coast of Australia, where I've spent the week learning about the latest mobile attacks, cloud threats, and SCADA security issues with the vibrant Australian security community. In this week's video podcast, I quickly … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 17
Twitter Hacks, Gas Pipeline Cyber Attacks, and FBI Wiretaps Though the primary theme for this week was, "patch, patch, patch," I saw many other interesting, non-update related security stories in the news as well. This week's vlog packs all those stories into a brisk eight and a half minutes. Topics include: Highlights on Microsoft, Adobe, and Apple security updates FBI … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 16
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...]