Last week, was Oracle’s quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) and boy was it a doozy. They released security updates for over a hundred products at once. Meanwhile, my lack of videos means I also missed January Patch Tuesday (Microsoft and Adobe). In this video, I catch up on all of January’s patches, covering updates from Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, and Cisco. If you use … [Read more...]

This month, Oracle released their huge quarterly critical patch update (CPU). Since Oracle only releases their security updates four times a year, they tend to have huge updates. Octobers CPU includes fixes for 301 security issues. Worse yet, 46 of those issue have a 9.8 or higher CVSS rating, making them very critical. If you use any Oracle products, such as Java, MySQL, … [Read more...]

Apple recently released a big macOS update called Mojave, which fixes many security issues. Unfortunately, it also introduces a new one of its own. Watch today's video to learn about this and other recent Apple updates, as well as an additional note about a hard-coded password in a Cisco video surveillance system.  Episode Runtime: 3:10 Direct YouTube … [Read more...]

Last week, Microsoft released a bunch of security updates for July. However, this week they had to release more updates to fix problems with those patches. Watch today's video to learn more, and check out the article in the reference section for details on what you need to do.  Episode Runtime: 1:43 Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6lYIy9xXvk EPISODE … [Read more...]

As you probably know, the second Tuesday of the month is Microsoft Patch Day. Furthermore, a few other big software vendors, like Adobe and Apple, share the same patch day and week. Last week, all three of those companies released a bunch of security updates for many of their most popular products and operating systems. If you use Microsoft, Apple, or Adobe products, watch the … [Read more...]