Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:51:21 +0000
When is a security update not a security update? When it’s patching flaws in a version of an OS nobody beyond developers is yet running.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xUkOcZUm9To” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Microsoft recommends setting up multi-factor authentication in Windows 10 for better security, but you have to disable basic or legacy authentication first.
Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:47:23 +0000
A sophisticated and sustained watering hole attack affecting iPhones may have targeted Windows and Android too.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3wCw5XE352c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:27:00 -0700
What happens when Microsoft releases eight – count ‘em, eight – concurrent beta test versions of Win10 version 1909 without fixing bugs introduced into 1903 on Patch Tuesday?
Pan. De. Moaaan. Ium.
No doubt, you recall the first wave of pain inflicted by the August 2019 patching regimen. Microsoft somehow managed to mess up Visual Basic (an old custom programming language), Visual Basic for Applications (for Office macros) and VBScript (a largely forgotten language primarily used inside Internet Explorer). Folks running applications in any of those languages would, on occasion, receive “invalid procedure call error” messages when using apps that had been working for decades.
Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:28:14 +0000
Among the 94 vulnerabilities fixed this month by Microsoft, 29 are rated as Critical. Most importantly, the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and its associated service (RDS) collect a total of 6 CVEs, which seems to show a renewed interest in the RDP protocol by vulnerability researchers; two of those classified as wormable (CVE-2019-1181 and CVE-2019-1182) […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/1hDq4cmGQ80″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:52:13 +0000
EU data watchdogs are yet again sniffing at Windows 10.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/0qhmDvOnAaI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 06:07:00 -0700
If you’re using Symantec Endpoint Protection or any Norton Antivirus product on a Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 machine, you didn’t get the August patches. Shortly after the August Monthly Rollup and Security-only patches were released, Microsoft put a freeze on systems running Symantec or Norton antivirus products.
The conflict stemmed from a long-anticipated change in the way Microsoft signed the August patches: Starting in August, all patches are signed using the SHA-2 encryption method. Somehow, Symantec didn’t get the message back in November that the shift was underway, and missed the deadline.
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:00:00 -0700
Microsoft is giving away one year of post-retirement support for Windows 7 to customers with active Windows 10 subscriptions.
“Enterprise Agreement and Enterprise Agreement Subscription (EA and EAS) customers with active subscription licenses to Windows 10 Enterprise E5, Microsoft 365 E5, or Microsoft 365 E5 Security will get Windows 7 Extended Security Updates for Year 1 as a benefit,” Microsoft said in a FAQ about the end of support for Windows 7 and Office 2010.
Windows 10 Enterprise E5 and Microsoft 365 E5 are the top-tier subscriptions of the OS or packages that include the operating system. They are the highest-priced plans in their specific lines.
Credit to Author: Mark Loman| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:53:35 +0000
Operating systems and run-time environments typically provide some form of isolation between applications. For example, Windows runs each application in a separate process. This isolation stops code running in one application from adversely affecting other, unrelated applications. This means a non-administrative user mode process can’t access or tamper with kernel code and data, and an […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/N06wKBdEugM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:56:45 +0000
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| Researchers called it KNOB, a clever attack against the firmware of a Bluetooth chip that can allow hackers to successfully hijack paired devices and steal their sensitive data. Are users at risk? Categories: Tags: AppleblackberrybluetoothCiscoCVE-2019-9506iOSKey Negotiation of BluetoothKNOB attackmacOSman-in-the-middle attackmicrosoftmitmret hatwatchoswindows |
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