Security News

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...

New Windows patch disables Intel’s bad Spectre microcode fix
2018-01-29 17:08

Registry keys can also be used to selectively enable or disable the microcode fix.

Microsoft Patch Nukes Bad Intel Firmware Fix
2018-01-29 14:48

Fix for Spectre May Result in Lost or Corrupted DataHow bad does a third-party fix have to be for Microsoft to issue a rare, weekend update that helps IT administrators disable it? A security...

Microsoft Patch Nukes Bad Intel Firmware
2018-01-29 14:03

Fix for Spectre May Result in Lost or Corrupted DataHow bad does a third-party fix have to be for Microsoft to issue a rare, weekend update that helps IT administrators disable it? A security...

Firefox, Chrome Patch Vulnerabilities, Add Security Features
2018-01-25 18:51

Dueling browsers, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, have patched bugs and beefed up security.

Intel Confirms Fresh Spectre, Meltdown Patch Problems
2018-01-18 12:48

Latest CPUs Also Suffer From Frequent Rebooting ProblemIntel says firmware updates it developed to help protect users against the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities have been causing not just...

Oracle Ships 237 Fixes in Latest Critical Patch Update
2018-01-17 20:42

Enterprise applications from Oracle and others could be becoming juicier targets for attackers.

Vulnerability in ISC BIND leads to DoS, patch today!
2018-01-17 16:00

The Internet Systems Consortium has released security updates for BIND, the most widely used Domain Name System (DNS) software on the Internet, and a patch for ISC DHCP, its open source software...