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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,...

VLC Player Hit With Critical Vulnerability UPDATE July 25, 2019, 11:55 BST The recent CVE Security Vulnerability issued for the VNC video player maybe incorrect according to a recent tweet by VideoLAN - “About the "security issue" on #VLC :...

EvilGnome Spyware Targets Linux Users Known as EvilGnome, all Linux workstation users are at risk of a new backdoor threat which implants spying software capable of recording your screen, keyboard and mouse click functions. Reports are also debating whether this...

Bluetooth Exploit Enables Tracking on Windows PCs Researchers at Boston University have discovered a vulnerability in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) implementations of Microsoft and Apple devices. The vulnerability allows third-parties to determine the location and other sensitive information. “We...

July Third-Party Security Updates Latest Third-Party Updates This month there are several notable third-party updates that have been released. The vendors include Adobe, Foxit, GlavSoft LLC., Microsoft (Skype), and Mozilla. How are you deploying third-party security updates? It’s time to...

July Patch Tuesday: Stop Zero-Day Exploits Patch Tuesday Release Microsoft have released 78 patches today covering IE, Edge, ChakraCore, Windows and Office.p There are 15 rated Critical and 62 Important with only 1 rated Moderate. Urgent: Public and Exploited There are a total of 8 vulnerabilities in this...