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Patch Update
May 13, 2015

BREAKING NEWS! Microsoft has released a bundle of 13 patch updates to fix about four dozen security vulnerabilities in Windows and associated software. Adobe has only pushed updates to fox some critical flaws in Flash Player and Adobe Air software and to fox vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Three of Microsoft patches are considered […]

Microsoft released a set of thirteen Security Bulletins (MS015-043 through MS015-055) to start off May 2015, addressing 46 vulnerabilities in a wide set of Microsoft software technologies. Three of these are rated critical for RCE and the rest of the May 2015 Security Bulletins are rated Important. Two of the critical Bulletins (043 and 044) are especially […]

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Microsoft today issued 13 patch bundles to fix roughly four dozen security vulnerabilities in Windows and associated software. Separately, Adobe pushed updates to fix a slew of critical flaws in its Flash Player and Adobe Air software, as well as patches to fix holes in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Three of the Microsoft patches earned the […]

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Password managers are a great way to supply random, unique passwords to a high number of websites. But most still have an Achilles’ heel: Usually, a single master password unlocks the entire vault.But a group of researchers has developed a type of password manager that creates decoy password vaults if a wrong master password is […]

The Australian Signals Directorate Top35 list of mitigation strategies shows us that at least 85% of intrusions could have been mitigated by following the top four mitigation strategies together. These are: application whitelisting, updating applications, updating operating systems and restricting administrative privileges. Kaspersky Lab has technological solutions to cover the first three of these (i.e. […]

Rombertik Malware
May 11, 2015

Here’s a malware that is said to destroy computers.  You may rest easy.  It doesn’t, no matter what hype has been surrounding this malware. Rombertik malware’s main purpose is to hook itself to the browser and keep track of what you type in.  Such credential stealing malware can lead to compromised bank accounts, stolen data, […]

Not long ago I heard from a reader who wanted advice on how to stop someone from scanning his home network, or at least recommendations about to whom he should report the person doing the scanning. I couldn’t believe that people actually still cared about scanning, and I told him as much: These days there are […]