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Bring on the July Microsoft Patches!

July 6, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

Do you just absolutely adore applying patches because you know they make your systems more resilient against attacks? If so, do I have good news for you. Next Tuesday is Microsoft Patch Day... Whoohoo! Based on their Advanced Notification page, Microsoft plans to release nine security bulletins on July 10, and they rate three of the bulletins as Critical. The updates will … [Read more...]

Microsoft Delivers a Typical Patch Day for June

June 8, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

Are you ready for next Tuesday's Microsoft Patch Day? It's coming. Based on their Advanced Notification page, Microsoft plans to release seven security bulletins at 11am on June 13, and they rate three of the bulletins as Critical. The updates will fix around 28 vulnerabilities in popular products like Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, the .NET Framework, as well as flaws in … [Read more...]

WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 9

March 16, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

Lots of Software Updates, a Few Breaches, and One Anonymous Story Missed this week's security news? No problem. WatchGuard's Security Week in Review video will fill you in. This week I talk about all the Microsoft Patch Day updates, a few significant network attacks, and a booby-trapped Anonymous Linux distribution. Watch below to learn more. By the way, in the video I talk … [Read more...]

WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 8

March 9, 2012 By Corey Nachreiner

Anonymous Arrests, Security Updates, and Pwn2Own Another busy security week, another quick video summary. WatchGuard's Security Week in Review is now up for your viewing pleasure. In this episode, I talk about LulzSec informants, Anonymous arrests, various software security updates, and a popular web browser hacking competition. It turned out to be quite a drama filled week for … [Read more...]

Apple's OS X Update Fixes One Serious "Pwn2Own" Flaw

April 15, 2010 By The Editor

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: By enticing one of your users to a malicious website Impact: An attacker executes code on your user's computer, with that user's privileges What to do: OS X administrators should download, test and install Security Update … [Read more...]

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