• March 18, 2021

    Syxsense Releases Cortex Covid-Readiness Job Template Syxsense Cortex Covid-Readiness Job Template Now Available Syxsense, a global leader in IT and security management solutions, today announced the availability of its Cortex Covid Readiness Job template for Syxsense Secure customers. This release...

  • March 17, 2021

    Vulnerability Scanning vs. Penetration Testing: What’s the Difference? The Difference Between Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Testing There is often confusion about the purpose of vulnerability scanning compared to penetration testing. Stated simply, vulnerability scanning deals with finding potential vulnerabilities, while...

  • March 17, 2021

    Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Updates for Windows 10 Microsoft Issues Updates to Fix Widespread Blue Screen of Death Last week, Microsoft released their March Patch Tuesday updates to fix 89 security bugs. Within those updates were several fixes for printers which...

  • March 17, 2021

    Google Chrome Zero-Day Being Weaponized Google Warns of New Zero-Day Google has released Chrome_v89.0.4389.90 to the Stable Channel for Windows, Linux and Mac OS, fixing a total of 8 vulnerabilities. Google has released three zero-day versions of Chrome this year....

  • March 13, 2021

    Exchange Server Hack Reveals the Importance of Patch Management Exchange Server Hack Shows Why Patch Management Matters Patch management can never be taken for granted. Yet it appears that many organizations are doing just that. Microsoft released an emergency patch...

  • March 11, 2021

    Microsoft Confirms New Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Crashes BSOD Crashes Caused By New Windows 10 Updates Microsoft released three Windows 10 patches to resolve critical bugs as part of their monthly Patch Tuesday release. These patches have been tested...

  • March 10, 2021

    March Patch Tuesday 2021 Addresses 89 Security Fixes Microsoft Fixes 89 Bugs this Month, Including Critical IE Fix There are 14 critical and 75 important fixes this month. This includes updates for Windows, Azure and Azure DevOps, Azure Sphere, Internet Explorer and...

  • March 9, 2021

    Top Linux Vulnerabilities for March 2021 1. Buffer overflow impacting python 27, python 36 and python 38 Vendor Severity: Medium CVSS Score: 9.8 A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the ctypes module provided within Python.  Applications that use ctypes...

  • March 5, 2021

    Why Combine Patching, Vulnerability Scanning, and IT Management in One Package? With constant disruption over the last few decades due to a constant stream of IT breakthroughs, it is no wonder that the security landscape has evolved into a patchwork...

  • March 4, 2021

    Google Chrome Zero-Day Being Weaponized Critical Chrome Vulnerability Google has released Chrome 89.0.4389.72 today to the Stable Channel and is impacting Windows, Linux and Mac OS. CVE-2021-21148 has been marked as weaponized with active exploits taking place. The Details The...