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8 Aug

Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 25 Critical Vulnerabilities

Here we are again… As part of its August Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has today released a large batch of 48 security updates for all supported versions Windows systems and other products. This month’s security updates cover vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Windows...
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8 Aug

UK GOVERNMENT ISSUES GUIDELINES FOR CAR MAKERS TO PROTECT AGAINST HACKERS

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The UK Government Has Issued Guidelines To Car Makers To Ensure Internet Connected Cars Are Protected From Hacking Vulnerabilities… THE UK GOVERNMENT has issued guidelines requiring makers of internet-connected cars to...
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7 Aug

Fed agency issues security alert on Siemens imaging systems

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Department of Homeland Security and Siemens Healthineers have issued advisories detailing security vulnerabilities of four of the company’s diagnostic imaging systems. Even an attacker with a low skill level would...
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25 Jul

Apple issues cyber warning for iPhone users, issues security patch

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Apple issued a new warning after a new hacking threat. The tech giant says there is a new cyber threat, but has taken steps to thwart the attack. FOX Business Network’s...
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14 Jun

Microsoft Issues Updates for 96 Vulnerabilities You Need to Patch this Month

As part of June’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security patches for a total of 96 security vulnerabilities across its products, including fixes for two vulnerabilities being actively exploited in the wild. This month’s patch release also includes emergency patches...
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13 May

Protect Against WannaCry: Microsoft Issues Patch for Unsupported Windows (XP, Vista, 8,…)

Note: Dear Readers, If any of you have been infected with WannaCry ransomware, please send us details and screenshots of the delivery vector, i.e., how you received the malware, probably the screenshot of spam emails or you can forward those...
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10 May

Microsoft Issues Patches for Another Four Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

As part of this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released security patches for a total of 55 vulnerabilities across its products, including fixes for four zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild. Just yesterday, Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band update...
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9 May

Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical RCE in Windows Malware Scanner

Microsoft’s own antivirus software made Windows 7, 8.1, RT and 10 computers, as well as Windows Server 2016 more vulnerable. Microsoft has just released an out-of-band security update to patch the crazy bad bug discovered by a pair of Google...
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12 Apr

Microsoft Issues Patches for Actively Exploited Critical Vulnerabilities

Besides a previously undisclosed code-execution flaw in Microsoft Word, the tech giant patches two more zero-day vulnerabilities that attackers had been exploiting in the wild for months, as part of this month’s Patch Tuesday. In total, Microsoft patches 45 unique...
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1 Apr

ACLU Issues Guide for Defense Attorneys on Unconstitutional Government Use of Bulk Hacking

In 2015, the FBI used a single warrant, issued by a single judge, to hack into and search more than 8,000 computers in 120 countries around the world. The government designed software to infiltrate computers and bypass security- and privacy-enhancing...
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