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Upgrade to IE11 or Edge No Matter What – Daily Security Byte EP. 202

January 13, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Last month, I warned you that Microsoft planned to End-of-Life all version of Internet Explorer (IE) after January 12, except version 11. This means they will only release security updates for IE11 and the new Edge browser, so if you use Microsoft browsers you need to upgrade to stay safe. However, in today's video I tell you why you need to upgrade to IE11 (or Edge) even if … [Read more...]

New Year, New Microsoft Patches – Daily Security Byte EP. 201

January 13, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Why not start your new year security plan right by staying current with patches? Tuesday was Microsoft and Adobe's monthly patch day. Watch the video below to learn about the affected products, the severity of the issues, and how quickly to patch. Or at the very least skip to the reference section to find links to the proper patches. (Episode Runtime: 2:51) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]

IT Pros Get Patches for Xmas? – Daily Security Byte EP. 188

December 8, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

It's hard to call today, "Microsoft Patch Day," when both Adobe and Apple piled on with tons of security fixes of their own. Microsoft released a dozen security bulletins today, eight rated Critical; Adobe released a Flash update fixing 78 vulnerabilities; and Apple released fixes for all their OSes and a few other products. If you use software from any of those three vendors, … [Read more...]

Black Hat & DEF CON Aftermath – WSWiR Episode 160

August 17, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Two weeks ago, the Black Hat and DEF CON conferences unveiled tons of new security research, which means last week was packed with interesting security stories. If you find yourself falling behind on security news, and need a "one stop shop" to keep you up to date, this weekly video does just that. Last week's stories included many car hacks, a OS X firmware worm, a big UK … [Read more...]

Piles of August Patches – Daily Security Byte EP.124

August 13, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

While there's lots of interesting security stories I could share today, one of the most practical infosec actions you can take is to keep your software patched. Yesterday was Microsoft and Adobe patch day, and Mozilla also recently released a pretty important Firefox update. Watch the video to learn about these important fixes, and more importantly, follow the links below to … [Read more...]

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