• February 4, 2021

    Linux Vulnerabilities of the Week: February 1, 2021 1. Security update for rubygem-nokogiri for SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 & 9, and SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 Vendor Severity: Important CVSS Score: 9.8 This update for rubygem-nokogiri fixes the following issues:...

  • February 4, 2021

    Flash Is Back Flash Player No Longer Supported Since Adobe no longer supports Flash Player as of December 31, 2020, IT departments around the world have been disabling and uninstalling Flash Player in preparation for Adobe making the software obsolete....

  • January 30, 2021

    Linux Vulnerabilities of the Week: January 29, 2021 1. Samba update for Amzn1 (Amazon AWS), Red Hat Enterprise 6, 7, 8 & Red Hat Storage 3 Vendor Severity: Critical CVSS Score: 10 A flaw was found in the Microsoft Windows...

  • January 29, 2021

    What is a Vulnerability Scanner? What is Vulnerability Scanning? Vulnerability scanning is the use of software to identify and report on security issues. These security issues are known as vulnerabilities, because when your security is weak, you are vulnerable to...

  • January 26, 2021

    Syxsense Announces the Release of Syxsense Cortex Syxsense Announces the Release of Syxsense Cortex, A Next-Generation, Visual IT and Security Management Process Automation Solution Syxsense Continues to Deliver on Its Mission to Allow IT and Security Teams to Manage and...

  • January 23, 2021

    Windows RDP Servers Targeted In DDoS Attacks Windows RDP Servers Exploited for DDoS Attacks Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers are being used to weaponize ‘Distributed Denial of Service’ (DDoS) attacks. By default, the default TCP 3389 and / or...

  • January 19, 2021

    FreakOut Botnet Freaking Out Linux Administrators FreakOut Botnet Exploiting Linux Vulnerabilities A highly-sophisticated botnet known as FreakOut is targeting applications running on Linux operating systems which require immediate patching. Initial reports indicate this is primarily impacting Linux systems which have...

  • January 12, 2021

    January Patch Tuesday 2021 Fixes Critical Defender Bug Microsoft Patch Tuesday Released with 83 Fixes There are 10 Critical and 73 Important fixes this month for Microsoft Windows, Edge (Edge HTML-based), ChakraCore, Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps,...

  • January 11, 2021

    Top Linux Vulnerabilities for January 1. Samba update for Amzn2 (Amazon AWS), Red Hat Enterprise 7 and Oracle Linux 7 Vendor Severity: Critical CVSS Score: 10 A flaw was found in the way samba handled file and directory permissions. An...

  • December 22, 2020

    Syxsense Confirms There is Zero SolarWinds® Orion® In Environment SolarWinds® Orion® Is Not Present In Syxsense Syxsense, a global leader in IT and security management solutions, has announced that it can confirm there is zero SolarWinds software in its environment,...