In today's quick Security Byte video, I cover the Oracle and Cisco patches that have come out over the past few days. If you use products from either company, watch the video for highlights, and check the links below. (Episode Runtime: 2:20) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIc7UrapLus EPISODE REFERENCES: Oracle CPU advisory for April 2016 - Oracle … [Read more...]
Oracle Patch Day: January's CPU and Java Updates Correct 144 Vulnerabilities
Today, Oracle released their quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2014. CPUs are Oracle's quarterly collections of security updates, which fix vulnerabilities in a wide-range of their products. Oracle publishes their quarterly updates on the Tuesday closest to the 17th of the month, and this quarter that happens to fall on Microsoft and Adobe's Patch … [Read more...]
Oracle Fixes 133 Vulnerabilities with Massive CPU & Java Updates
Yesterday, Oracle released their quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2013. If you haven't heard of them, CPUs are Oracle's quarterly collections of security updates, which fix vulnerabilities in a wide-range of their products. Oracle publishes their quarterly updates on the Tuesday closest to the 17th of the month (in this case, October 15th). Previously, Oracle … [Read more...]
Oracle's July 2013 CPU Update
This week, Oracle released their quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) for July 2013. CPUs are collections of security updates, which fix vulnerabilities in a wide-range of Oracle products. This quarter's updates fix 89 vulnerabilities in many different Oracle products and suites. Refer to the table below for more details about the affected products and severity of the … [Read more...]
Latest Java Update Fixes 40 Vulnerabilities (For Apple Too)
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Java Development Kit (JDK) 7 Update 21 and earlier, on all platforms How an attacker exploits them: Typically by luring your users to a malicious web page containing specially crafted Java Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your computer What to … [Read more...]
