Patch Management

An unfortunate fact for IT departments is that they will, at some point, face a malware crisis. Here's how addressing malware normally plays out. At some point after the infection occurs, usually much later, it gets noticed. Whether by pure...

Over 300 Vulnerabilities: 49 Rated as Critical Oracle has just dropped its October 2018 update and it is a big one! Over 300 security flaws are addressed in this massive release. 49 of those flaws carry a critical CVSS rating...

Europol Cybercrime Report 2018 According to Europol’s 2018 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report, ransomware is the top threat to organizations. This report sites ransomware as the largest player in financially-motivated attacks. It also points out the increase in...

CMS is Revolutionizing IT Management In a recent article, Inc. Magazine featured Syxsense in an article titled "These Startups are Making Otherwise Boring Industries Extremely Attractive--Here's How." "Saying IT work is less-than-sexy might not be the understatement of the year,...

Bristol Airport Hit By Cyberattack According to officials from the Bristol Airport, the attack started Friday morning. It took out several computers over the airport network, including its in-house display screens which provide details about the arrival and departure information...

Foreshadow Flaw Found in Intel CPUs For the more than a billion computers that depend on Intel CPUs, the flaws just keep coming. Thanks to work by researchers from KU Leuven University in Belgium, along with the universities of Adelaide...

WebLogic Server Needs Immediate Patching If you are using an Oracle WebLogic Server in your environment, you must patch it now. This easily exploitable vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3 to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful...

Adobe Tackles Over 100 Vulnerabilities A new set of security updates from Adobe has just been released. These new updates effect Acrobat, Reader, Flash Player, Connect, and Experience Manager. Over 100 vulnerabilities are patched thanks to these updates. The risk...

Microsoft Releases 50 Updates For June Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released a massive 50-update rollup that affects every version of Windows still in support. Included are fixes for the Windows OS, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, the ChakraCore JavaScript engine, Microsoft...

Beware: Windows 10 Feature Updates are Double Work! Windows 10 Feature Updates (Windows 10 Servicing) will dominate the agenda of many IT Managers as Microsoft uses their new release method to introduce new operating system experiences and security enhancements for...