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Overview: Microsoft June 2018 Patch Tuesday
It’s that time of the month again when Microsoft releases patches for its software. The June 2018 updates fix 50 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are critical. The company …
Patch management is not just IT’s responsibility, get your whole team on board
I have been on the road for a few weeks now and surprisingly the topic of discussion has predominantly been patch management. Why is patch such a prevalent topic? Patching …
Microsoft will extend GDPR rights to customers worldwide
Microsoft has announced it will extend the rights that are at the heart of GDPR to all of their consumer customers worldwide. “Known as Data Subject Rights, they include …
New Spectre-like flaw found in CPUs using speculative execution
A new flaw that can allow an attacker to obtain access to sensitive information on affected systems has been discovered in modern CPUs. CVE-2018-3639, discovered by …
May 2018 Patch Tuesday forecast: Where are the flowers?
The wintry weather doesn’t want to give up its hold on us here in the US. The extended cold has kept the spring flowers from blooming, dragging out the winter blues. It …
Anomali collaborates with Microsoft to integrate threat data
Threat management solutions provider Anomali announced a collaboration with Microsoft to integrate threat intelligence from the Anomali ThreatStream platform with the security …
What patches to prioritize following the April 2018 Patch Tuesday?
Patch Tuesday came and went and, as usual, Microsoft and Adobe have released patches/security updates for vulnerabilities affecting a wide variety of their products. …
April Patch Tuesday forecast: Expect updates for Adobe Flash, others
Springtime is here! Although up here in Minnesota you wouldn’t believe it as we received snowfalls that rivaled anything in the past 34 years! As spring arrives you think of …
Easily exploited flaw in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine allows total system compromise
A critical and extremely easily exploitable vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MMPE) has been patched through an out-of-band security update pushed out …
Are there too many cybersecurity companies?
The most potent global threat in 2018 may not be armed conflict or civil unrest, but cybersecurity. While cybersecurity awareness has increased with high profile breaches in …
New coalition aims to advance cybersecurity across sectors, around the world
Six global organizations have joined together to launch The Coalition to Reduce Cyber Risk (CR²). CR² members, including AT&T, Cisco, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard and …
Microsoft kicks off bounty program for speculative execution bugs
Microsoft wants security researchers to search for and report speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities (a hardware vulnerability class that affects CPUs from …
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