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Microsoft’s Attack Surface Analyzer now works on Macs and Linux, too
Microsoft has rewritten and open-sourced Attack Surface Analyzer (ASA), a security tool that points out potentially risky system changes introduced by the installation of new …
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Microsoft plugs wormable RDP flaw, new speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities
For May 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 79 vulnerabilities, 22 of which are deemed critical. Among the fixes is that for CVE-2019-0708, a …
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Windows Servers in danger of being compromised via WDS bug
Checkpoint has released more details about CVE-2018-8476, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting all Windows Servers since 2008 SP2. The bug was responsibly …
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PoC exploit for Windows Shell RCE released
Here’s one more reason to hurry with the implementation of the latest Microsoft patches: a PoC exploit for a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited …
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AMD users running Windows 10 get their Spectre fix
AMD has released new microcode updates for mitigating variant 2 of the Spectre attack and Microsoft has released an OS update with the mitigation to AMD users running Windows …
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Dangerous CredSSP flaw opens door into corporate servers
A critical vulnerability in the Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP), introduced in Windows Vista and used in all Windows versions since then, can be …
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Vulnerable Apache Solr, Redis, Windows servers hit with cryptominers
Vulnerable servers of all kinds are being targeted, compromised and made to mine cryptocurrencies for the attackers. Apache Solr servers under attack SANS ISC handler Renato …
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Microsoft releases Spectre fixes for Windows 10 on Skylake CPUs
Microsoft has pushed out a new set of Spectre (variant 2) security updates. For the moment, these are just for some devices running on Skylake CPUs and Windows 10 Fall …
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Spectre updates will slow down Windows servers and PCs running older versions of the OS
While Intel continues to play down the slowing effect the patches for Meltdown and Spectre can have on machines using their CPUs, Microsoft has finally shared some – …
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Bugs in Windows DNS client open millions of users to attack
In this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has included fixes for multiple critical memory corruption vulnerabilities in the Windows DNS client, which could be exploited …
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Bondnet botnet goes after vulnerable Windows servers
A botnet consisting of some 2,000 compromised servers has been mining cryptocurrency for its master for several months now, “earning” him around $1,000 per day. …
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