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Patch Tuesday targets Hyper-V virtual machines in November, 2019 updates

November 12, 2019 0 Comments 2019-11, ChakraCore, Hyper-V, ie, kernel, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, SophosLabs Uncut, VBscript, Windows, windows subsystem for linux, wsl

Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:15:50 +0000

Microsoft released their monthly security updates for November, 2019, this morning. This month, Microsoft said the company fixed a total of 73 vulnerabilities across its product lines. Thirteen of the fixes address problems Microsoft classifies as Critical, the most urgent type of problem to address. The company classified the repair of an additional 59 bugs […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/BBm3ctmT8pE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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ASP.NET hosting provider recovering from ransomware attack

November 12, 2019 0 Comments asp.net, malware, Microsoft, Ransomware, security threats, smarterasp.net

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:40:35 +0000

With more than 440,000 customers, SmarterASP.NET is said to be one of the most popular ASP.NET hosting providers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7gm-ObQypLU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Microsoft urges us to patch after partially effective BlueKeep attack

November 11, 2019 0 Comments BlueKeep, cve-2019-0708, exploits, Microsoft, security threats, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:58:08 +0000

Microsoft has urged people to patch their Windows systems following the appearance of mass BlueKeep exploits just over a week ago.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/t3L4UyESmBg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

ComputerWorld Independent

Patch Tuesday alert: Make sure Windows Auto Update is temporarily disabled

November 11, 2019 0 Comments Microsoft, Security, Windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 05:03:00 -0800

For those of you who haven’t patched since May, there’s exceedingly bad news on the horizon. Per Catalin Cimpanu at ZDNet, Metasploit’s working-but-just-barely BlueKeep exploit is about to get a significant bug fix. That’ll put BlueKeep infection capabilities in the hands of mere mortals. The script kiddies won’t be far behind.

If you’re using — or you know someone who’s using — Windows XP, Vista, Win7, Server 2003, Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2, get patched now. The fix is easy. Even Aunt Martha can handle it.

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Office for Mac 2011 users warned about SYLK file format

November 5, 2019 0 Comments Apple, cert/cc, mac, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, security threats, sylk, Technologies, vulnerability, Windows, xml macro

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:14:21 +0000

Still running Office 2011 on a Mac? If so, there are at least two reasons why that might not be a good idea.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/HjBh551ovHI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites

October 30, 2019 0 Comments copyright infringement, cybersquatting, facebook, hacking tools, id shield, Instagram, Law & order, lawsuit, Microsoft, onlinenic, phishing, security threats, trademark, trademark law, typosquatting, verizon

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:33:21 +0000

Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/g_OViBXsCtw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

ComputerWorld Independent

Microsoft Patch Alert: October updates bring problems with Start, RDP, Ethernet, older VB programs

October 29, 2019 0 Comments Microsoft, Microsoft Office, PCs, Security, Windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:18:00 -0700

October started out on an extraordinarily low note. On Oct. 3, Microsoft released an “out of band” security update to protect all Windows users from an Internet Explorer scripting engine bug, CVE-2019-1367, once thought to be an imminent danger to all things (and all versions) Windows.

It was the third attempt to fix that security hole and each of the versions brought its own set of bugs.

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Microsoft lets Xbox users censor what messages they see

October 16, 2019 0 Comments content filter, gamers, message safety, Microsoft, online abuse, online hate, trash talk, Xbox

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:46:24 +0000

Xbox gamers: fed up with seeing profanity in messages from other gamers? Microsoft has you covered.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nclkSAFPYh8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Martes de parches de octubre: Microsoft corrige un error crítico de escritorio remoto

October 15, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, actualizacion, Microsoft

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:05:22 +0000

Microsoft corrigió 59 vulnerabilidades en el martes de parches de octubre, incluidas varias vulnerabilidades críticas de ejecución remota de código (RCE). Uno de las más importantes fue una vulnerabilidad (CVE-2019-1333) en el Cliente de Escritorio remoto de la empresa que permitiría que un servidor malicioso obtenga el control de un ordenador Windows que se conecte […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/t9ECCCbOVjE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>