August 2019

Microsoft Warns that End-of-Life is Near for 1703 Say Farewell to Patches for 1703 in October Microsoft is reminding enterprise admins that Windows 10, version 1703 of Enterprise and Education editions, is reaching end-of-life on October 9, 2019. This means...

August Third-Party Patches & Security Updates Which third-party patches should you prioritize? VideoLAN has released an update this week to resolve two high-risk vulnerabilities in the VLC media player application. The discovered vulnerabilities allow an attacker to manipulate the .MKV...

Massive Ransomware Attack Strikes 23 Texas Towns Use Patch Management to Prevent Ransomware Attacks 23 cities in Texas were hit with a coordinated ransomware attack this weekend. A research firm which studies ransomware, has said that attacks aimed at state...

20-Year-Old Unpatched Flaw and Critical Vulnerabilities Revealed Unlike BlueKeep, which affected only the older and unsupported Windows operating systems, the bugs recently disclosed in Microsoft’s August 2019 Patch Tuesday release affect newer versions: specifically Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10,...

August Patch Tuesday: Is RDP Worth the Risk? August Patch Tuesday Has Arrived Microsoft has released almost 100 updates today, 93 in total with 29 rated Critical and 64 Important. This is one of the largest releases this year and brings a few key updates...

Why Enterprise Ransomware Attacks Are Increasing According to various sources, ransomware appears to see triple-digit spike in corporate detections. A pair of reports released by Black Hat and Accenture mark the enormous shift away from targeting typical consumers. With attackers...

MegaCortex Ransomware Targeting Victims Worldwide A new variant of ransomware has been discovered, called MegaCortex, that is targeting enterprise networks and organizations. Once the environment is penetrated, the attackers infect it by distributing the ransomware using Windows domain controllers. Researchers...

Chrome 76 Release Includes Vulnerabilities This week, Google has released version 76 of Chrome and although there aren’t any major features, there are still some changes and vulnerabilities to highlight. First, Adobe Flash is no longer enabled by default. Google,...