December 2018 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in the wild
It’s Patch Tuesday again and, as per usual, both Microsoft and Adobe have pushed out patches for widely-used software packages. The Microsoft patches Microsoft’s …
Adobe patches newly exploited Flash zero-day
Adobe has released an out-of-band security update for Flash Player that fixes two vulnerabilities, one of which is a zero-day (CVE-2018-15982) that has been spotted being …
Major flaws uncovered in leading IoT protocols
Trend Micro warned organizations to revisit their operational technology (OT) security after finding major design flaws and vulnerable implementations related to two popular …
Are we chasing the wrong zero days?
Zero days became part of mainstream security after the world found out that Stuxnet malware was used to inflict physical damage on an Iranian nuclear facility. After the …
November 2018 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 63 flaws, one actively exploited zero-day
As part of the November 2018 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released 62 security patches and several advisories. There are 12 critical vulnerabilities among those patched this …
VirtualBox Guest-to-Host escape 0day and exploit released online
Independent vulnerability researcher Sergey Zelenyuk has made public a zero-day vulnerability he discovered in VirtualBox, the popular open source virtualization software …
Endpoint security solutions challenged by zero-day and fileless attacks
There is an endpoint protection gap against modern threats, the result of a recent survey by the Ponemon Institute and Barkly have shown. The organizations polled 660 IT and …
October 2018 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 49 flaws, one APT-wielded zero-day
With the October 2018 Patch Tuesday release Microsoft has fixed 49 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are rated “critical.” Previously known flaws and an actively …
Heading into October Patch Tuesday on the heels of big announcements from Microsoft
October is here and Patch Tuesday is next week, followed quickly by Halloween. Don’t be scared (unless you are a Facebook user)! The winds of change are blowing this fall …
Crowdfense launches Vulnerability Research Hub for top security researchers
Crowdfense officially launched the Vulnerability Research Hub out of beta. After being internally developed and fine-tuned for several months, Crowdfense opened their …
September 2018 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes actively exploited zero-day
Microsoft’s September 2018 Patch Tuesday has brought fixes for a little over 60 security vulnerabilities, 17 of which are critical and one is being actively exploited in …
September Patch Tuesday forecast: Evaluate third-party updates alongside Microsoft release
There’s some good and some bad news for the Patch Tuesday forecast this month. The good news is a number of vendors have just released last week, clearing the slate for what …
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