Security News

Whoa, is it Patch Tuesday already? No, just an unexpected critical Photoshop fix
2018-08-23 00:53

Memory corruption bugs lead to remote code execution Adobe says there's a critical flaw in its Photoshop Creative Cloud software for Windows and macOS that can be exploited by malicious files to...

Everyone screams patch ASAP – but it takes most organizations a month to update their networks
2018-08-22 22:36

Is it any different for you? The computer industry may have moved to more frequent software security updates – but the rest of the world still takes a month or longer to patch their networks.…

Windows 10: Microsoft and Intel patch latest Spectre CPU vulnerabilities
2018-08-22 11:27

New Windows 10 updates contain Intel's latest microcode fixes for the recently discovered Spectre variant 3a and 4 vulnerabilities.

Use Debian? Want Intel's latest CPU patch? Small print sparks big problem
2018-08-21 19:34

Linux distro hits the brakes on rolling out microcode for security bugs in license row At least one Linux distribution is withholding security patches that mitigate the latest round of Intel CPU...

Canadian Telcos Patch an APT-Ready Flaw in Disability Services
2018-08-20 20:49

An attacker could escalate privileges on the server, further penetrating the network, harvesting customer information or mounting credible social-engineering campaigns.

Networking vendors patch ​against new cryptographic attack
2018-08-15 18:40

Vulnerable IPSec IKE implementations used in Cisco, Huawei, ZyXel and Clavister networking devices can allow attackers to retrieve session keys and decrypt connections, researchers have found. The...

Patch Tuesday, August 2018 Edition
2018-08-15 14:52

Adobe and Microsoft each released security updates for their software on Tuesday. Adobe plugged five security holes in its Flash Player browser plugin. Microsoft pushed 17 updates to fix at least...

August 2018 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes two actively exploited zero-days
2018-08-15 14:46

In the August 2018 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has plugged over 60 vulnerabilities, two of which are being actively exploited in the wild. In addition to those, the company has also released a...

Patch Tuesday heats up with pair of exploited zero-days squashed – plus 58 other vulns fixed
2018-08-14 23:03

Summertiiiiiime, and the hacking is easy Microsoft and Adobe have teamed up to deliver more than 70 patches with this month's Patch Tuesday batch released today.…

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Addresses Two Zero-Days in 60-Flaw Roundup
2018-08-14 20:42

Microsoft rolled out 60 patches for its Patch Tuesday release, impacting 19 critical flaws and 39 important flaws.