Security News

DHS: Federal Agencies Need to Patch Vulnerabilities Faster
2019-05-02 14:48

Directive: 'Critical' Vulnerabilities Must Be Patched Within 15 DaysThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security is requiring that federal agencies speed up patching and remediating "critical" and...

DHS Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Critical Flaws Within 15 Days
2019-05-01 09:03

In recent years, we have seen how hackers prey on those too lazy or ignorant to install security patches, which, if applied on time, would have prevented some devastating cyber attacks and data...

DHS Orders Agencies to Patch Critical Flaws Within 15 Days
2019-05-01 06:03

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week issued a new Binding Operational Directive (BOD) instructing federal agencies and departments to act more quickly when it comes to patching...

Pulseway adds 3rd Party Patch Management module to its platform
2019-04-26 03:00

Pulseway, a leading provider of mobile-first, cloud-first remote monitoring and management (RMM) software, announced the addition of the company’s 3rd Party Patch Management module to the Pulseway...

Sophos antivirus tools. Working Windows PC. Latest Patch Tuesday fixes. Pick two: PCs knackered by bad combo
2019-04-24 20:26

Two weeks and counting, and no sign of a fix from Redmond Unlucky Sophos antivirus users face a dilemma: either uninstall the software, or install April's Windows security fixes. That's because...

Microsoft’s Latest Patch Hoses Some Antivirus Software
2019-04-19 21:16

McAfee, Sophos and Avast are among the antivirus software suites impacted.

Latest Windows patch having problems with a growing number of anti-virus software
2019-04-19 16:26

A range of fixes and workarounds have been published.

Drupal Releases Core CMS Updates to Patch Several Vulnerabilities
2019-04-17 22:03

Drupal, the popular open-source content management system, has released security updates to address multiple "moderately critical" vulnerabilities in Drupal Core that could allow remote attackers...

Oracle Releases 297 Fixes in April 2019 Critical Patch Update
2019-04-17 06:38

Oracle this week announced the release of 297 new security fixes as part of its April 2019 Critical Patch Update (CPU), two-thirds of which are remotely exploitable without authentication. read more

Patch blues-day: Microsoft yanks code after some PCs are rendered super secure (and unbootable) following update
2019-04-11 13:25

Sophos, Avast users left wailing as update borks older OSes A bunch of PCs running the wares of Sophos or Avast have been freezing or failing to start following the installation of patches emitted...