Security News

Update Samba Servers Immediately to Patch Password Reset and DoS Vulnerabilities
2018-03-13 10:18

Samba has just released new security patches for two critical vulnerabilities that could allow unprivileged remote attackers to launch DoS attacks against servers and change any other users'...

March Patch Tuesday forecast: In like a lamb, out like a lion
2018-03-12 12:30

It’s March and up here in the Midwest we have a saying for this early spring month, “In like a lamb, out like a lion.” Often the month of March comes with a light start only to be followed by one...

Siemens Releases BIOS Updates to Patch Intel Chip Flaws
2018-02-28 14:24

Siemens has released BIOS updates for several of its industrial devices to patch vulnerabilities discovered recently in Intel chips, including Meltdown, Spectre and flaws affecting the company’s...

Microsoft Won't Patch a Severe Skype Vulnerability Anytime Soon
2018-02-14 10:03

A serious vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft-owned most popular free web messaging and voice calling service Skype that could potentially allow attackers to gain full control of the...

Microsoft Issues Security Patch Update for 14 New Critical Vulnerabilities
2018-02-14 08:33

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for this month falls the day before the most romantic day of the year. Yes, it's Valentine's, and the tech giant has released its monthly security update for February...

Zero-Day Attack Prompts Emergency Patch for Bitmessage Client
2018-02-14 06:35

An emergency update released on Tuesday for the PyBitmessage application patches a critical remote code execution vulnerability that has been exploited in attacks. read more

Two Nasty Outlook Bugs Fixed in Microsoft’s Feb. Patch Tuesday Update
2018-02-13 22:01

One of the bugs could allow a successful attack simply by a user viewing an email in Outlook's Preview pane.

February Patch Tuesday forecast: Key updates to act on
2018-02-12 12:30

Love is in the air! Can’t you feel it? This Patch Tuesday falls the day before the most romantic day of the year – Valentine’s Day! We’ve been hearing just how much love our fellow security...

Intel Releases New Spectre Patch Update for Skylake Processors
2018-02-08 11:18

After leaving million of devices at risk of hacking and then rolling out broken patches, Intel has now released a new batch of security patches only for its Skylake processors to address one of...

Grammarly Rushes to Patch Flaw Exposing User Data
2018-02-06 06:12

Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered a vulnerability in the online grammar checker Grammarly that could have been exploited by malicious websites to access user data. The app’s...