Security News

Yo, sysadmins! Thought Patch Tuesday was big? Oracle says 'hold my Java' with huge 334 security flaw fix bundle
2020-01-15 21:33

Oracle has released a sweeping set of security patches across the breadth of its software line. The January update, delivered one day after Microsoft, Intel, Adobe, and others dropped their scheduled monthly patches, addresses a total of 334 security vulnerabilities across 93 different products from the enterprise giant.

Patch Tuesday, January 2020 Edition
2020-01-15 02:31

Microsoft today released updates to plug 50 security holes in various flavors of Windows and related software. The patch batch includes a fix for a flaw in Windows 10 and server equivalents of this operating system that prompted an unprecedented public warning from the U.S. National Security Agency.

January 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft nukes Windows crypto flaw flagged by the NSA
2020-01-14 20:18

As forecasted, January 2020 Patch Tuesday releases by Microsoft and Adobe are pretty light: the "Star of the show" is CVE-2020-0601, a Windows flaw flagged by the NSA that could allow attackers to successfully spoof code-signing certificates and use them to sign malicious code or intercept and modify encrypted communications. The flaw only affects newer versions of Windows and Windows Server, and is found in the Windows CryptoAPI, which validates Elliptic Curve Cryptography certificates.

Adobe Releases First 2020 Patch Tuesday Software Updates
2020-01-14 06:52

Adobe today released software updates to patch a total of 9 new security vulnerabilities in two of its widely used applications, Adobe Experience Manager and Adobe Illustrator. It's the first Patch Tuesday for the year 2020 and one of the lightest patch releases in a long time for Adobe users.

Cryptic Rumblings Ahead of First 2020 Patch Tuesday
2020-01-13 22:17

Sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that Microsoft Corp. is slated to release a software update on Tuesday to fix an extraordinarily serious security vulnerability in a core cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows. Those sources say Microsoft has quietly shipped a patch for the bug to branches of the U.S. military and to other high-value customers/targets that manage key Internet infrastructure, and that those organizations have been asked to sign agreements preventing them from disclosing details of the flaw prior to Jan. 14, the first Patch Tuesday of 2020.

January 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Let’s start the new decade right
2020-01-10 06:15

The January 2020 Patch Tuesday will provide us with the last free update of Windows 7 and Server 2008/2008 R2. We've talked about it for the last several months and it is finally here. Microsoft may have 'saved up' other updates for January Patch Tuesday, but I suspect not.

Ding-dong: Cisco delivers your Patch Tuesday warm-up with WebEx, IOS fixes for a few irritating security holes
2020-01-10 00:58

Cisco has released a fresh batch of security updates for its networking and comms gear lines. The high-priority patch this month is the fix for CVE-2019-16009, a cross-site request forgery, in the web UI of Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE that can be exploited to steal credentials from users via malicious links.

December Patch Tuesday blunts WizardOpium attack chain
2019-12-12 10:42

December 2019’s Patch Tuesday updates are, including a fix for the Windows flaw used in recently discovered WizardOpium attacks.

Patch Tuesday, December 2019 Edition
2019-12-11 01:51

Microsoft today released updates to plug three dozen security holes in its Windows operating system and other software. The patches include fixes for seven critical bugs — those that can be...

December 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes one actively exploited zero-day
2019-12-10 19:53

For December 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft and Adobe have released the final scheduled security updates for this year. Microsoft’s fixes Microsoft’s security releases are for Windows, Internet...