Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday already occurred this month, so you know what that means - more disclosed vulnerabilities. This iteration of patches included fixes for a combined 70 vulnerabilities, including one zero-day. Thankfully, none of these fall into Microsoft’s “critical” category. However, there are four Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities targeting the Windows … [Read more...]
PowerShell, the Double-Edged Sword
Eset researchers recently revealed some rather sophisticated fileless malware samples that cyber criminals use. Fileless malware is malicious software that only runs directly in computer memory, making it more difficult for traditional malware products to detect. The WatchGuard Threat Lab predicted a general rise of fileless malware during 2019, but more specifically forecasted … [Read more...]
[2x Security Vulnerabilities] Google Chrome and Windows
In a Tweet by Justin Schuh posted on Twitter on March 5th, he wrote “Also, seriously, update your Chrome installs… like right this minute. #PSA.” Justin is a leading security & desktop engineer for Google Chrome. Within that Tweet is this link, leading to a blog post from the Chrome team written on Friday, March 1st that states a stable channel update was release (version … [Read more...]
