The second Tuesday of each month is infamously known as Microsoft Patch Day by IT pros. However, this month Adobe's security news trumps Microsoft's. Watch today's video to learn why you should update Flash before your Microsoft products, but also why you shouldn't skimp on the Microsoft patches either. (Episode Runtime: 2:59 Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Apple’s May Updates – Daily Security Byte EP. 263
It time to update your OS X software before hackers take a bite out of your Apple. This week, Apple released five software updates fixing security flaws in many of their most popular operating systems and products. Watch the "traveling edition" of my Daily Security Byte for the details. (Episode Runtime: 1:33) Direct YouTube Link: … [Read more...]
May Day, May Day, Patch Day – Daily Security Byte EP. 261
Do you want to stay safe online? Then you need to keep your patches up-to-date since most Internet exploits target old flaws. Tuesday's Byte video covers Microsoft and Adobe's security bulletins for May. Watch below, but more importantly, go update. (Episode Runtime: 2:38) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbmSGgL3TzY EPISODE REFERENCES: Summary of … [Read more...]
Massive Webmail Credential Leak? – Daily Security Byte EP. 257
According to reports, a Russian cyber criminal has leaked over 272 million credentials, including many from popular webmail services. However, so far none of the companies have validated that the leaked credentials work today. Watch my video below to learn what I think, and what you can do to protect yourself. (Episode Runtime: 3:34) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Important OpenSSL Updates – Daily Security Byte EP. 256
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) are two very important Internet protocols, as they help us encrypt Web traffic and much more. OpenSSL is a very popular Linux implementation of SSL/TLS, used in many products. If you use OpenSSL, watch the video to learn why you should update OpenSSL as soon as you can. (Episode Runtime: 2:43) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]