Security News

Organizations Slow to Patch Critical Memcached Flaws (Security Week)
2017-07-18 11:56

Tens of Thousands of Internet-Exposed Memcached Servers Are Vulnerable to Attacks Tens of thousands of servers running Memcached are exposed to the Internet and affected by several critical...

Critical RCE Vulnerability Found in Cisco WebEx Extensions, Again — Patch Now! (The Hackers News)
2017-07-17 10:30

A highly critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Cisco Systems’ WebEx browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, for the second time in this year, which could allow attackers to remotely...

What will it take to improve the ICS patch process? (Help Net Security)
2017-07-12 13:50

While regular patching is indisputably good advice for IT networks, one of the main takeaways from the Petya and WannaCry attacks is that a lot of companies don’t do it. And with even more NSA...

Critical Flaws Found in Windows NTLM Security Protocol – Patch Now (The Hackers News)
2017-07-12 00:23

As part of this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security patches for a serious privilege escalation vulnerability which affect all versions of its Windows operating system for...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Update Fixes 19 Critical Vulnerabilities (Threatpost)
2017-07-11 20:36

Microsoft releases a total of 57 security patches, part of its July Patch Tuesday, with 20 rated critical.

Is Continuing to Patch Windows XP a Mistake? (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-21 18:58

Last week, Microsoft issued a security patch for Windows XP, a 16-year-old operating system that Microsoft officially no longer supports. Last month, Microsoft issued a Windows XP patch for the...

Microsoft Issues Another Emergency Windows XP Patch (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-14 13:48

Mega-Worm Defense: Fresh Patches for Unsupported Operating SystemsMicrosoft fears that nation-state actors may unleash viral code that could devastate users. On Tuesday, it released software fixes...

Microsoft Issues Updates for 96 Vulnerabilities You Need to Patch this Month (The Hackers News)
2017-06-14 03:18

As part of June's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security patches for a total of 96 security vulnerabilities across its products, including fixes for two vulnerabilities being actively...