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Patch Tuesday Release: The Latest News Microsoft has released 49 security patches today. There are seven Critical severity patches in this release however almost half resolve a remote code execution issue. Eleven of the others are important remote code execution...

Adobe Releases Critical Updates for Reader and Acrobat Two out-of-band security updates have been released by Adobe, patching critical vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader. These updates effect both the Windows and macOS operating systems. The first vulnerability, CVE-2018-16011, is a...

Microsoft Releases Patch to Address Active Exploit After learning about it from Google, Microsoft has moved to fix CVE-2018-8653. This flaw in Internet Explorer is being actively exploited in the wild. According to the Microsoft release, this remote code execution...

Logitech's Logic Called Into Question On December 11, Google’s Project Zero disclosed a vulnerability in Logitech’s Options application. It seems that the application opened a port (10134) to simplify client-server communication. However, this also means that authentication steps would be...

Issue-Plagued October Update is Available…again. After being publicly pulled twice, Microsoft is tentatively releasing Windows 10 version 1809 again. To be able to deploy this update now, one would have to manually check systems through Windows Update. It will not...

Former Equifax CEO Blames One Employee for Massive Hack After over a year of investigation, the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee have released their report on the Equifax data breach. Their report is scathing, drawing immediate...

Patch Tuesday Release: The Latest News Microsoft has released half the updates they released last month: 39 security patches total. Thee cover Internet Explorer (IE), Edge, ChakraCore, Hyper-V, Exchange, Windows components, .NET Core, SQL Server, and Microsoft Office.  9 of...

Do you have a patching strategy? It should include turning off Automatic Windows update. Patch Tuesday is here. To avoid the usual splitting headache, we recommend disabling automatic updates for Windows and implementing a reliable patch strategy. Windows 10 updates...

Exploit Could Install Malware on Desktops Research done by Tenable®, Inc. has revealed a critical vulnerability in Zoom’s Desktop Conferencing Application. Over 750,000 companies use Zoom as their conferencing and webinar platform. This exploit could be leveraged to spoof chat...

Business Evolves with Technology Recently, Forbes outlined 5 ways retail is attempting to redefine itself. Overall, businesses are experimenting with new technologies, utilizing IoT devices to craft a more engaging shopping experience. But are they exposing themselves to security risks?...