PC Security and Other Useful Information

At least 6 issues affecting various versions of Outlook from 2007 through 2016.

“The issues documented in this article have been reported after installing the recent updates listed below. We’re investigating the issues and will update this page when a fix is available. In the meantime, please use the workarounds suggested for each issue.”

Security Mailer V17#24

Part 1

• Adobe updates Air, Flash Player and Shockwave;
• Mozilla updates Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird;
• Linux updates;
• Microsoft Tuesday updates, advisories, problems;  General security entries

Part 2 –

• Attachments are blocked – information on attachments beiong blocked in Outlook after applying June Microsoft updates
• Bulletin Search – security bulletins with links 11/08 to 03/17
• Enable TLS 1.3 in Firefox – Firefox does indeed support TLS 1.3; it just isn’t turned on by default – here’s how to get it going

Here we go again!

Credit Card Breach at Buckle Stores

The stable channel has been updated to 59.0.3071.104 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

Stable Channel Update for Desktop

Looks like a June 2017 update to Outlook has caused problems opening attachemtns. It seems that uninstalling the appropriate patch will fix it, temporarliy:

Problems with attachments in Outlook after June updates

Maybe we should start thinking about “Tuesday the 13th”?

IE printing issues

Outlook patches and attachments:

Fix: Windows 7 Update stuck on “Checking for updates”

Security mailer V17 #23

Part one

• Cisco Security Advisories (some critical); Linux updates
• Microsoft to close docs.com, power point malware
• General Security entries

Part Two

• US CERT advisory on best methods for reducing risk of SNMP abuse

Once again, MS has released fixes for systems that are out of support.

“Today, as part of our regular Update Tuesday schedule, we have taken action to provide additional critical security updates to address vulnerabilities that are at heightened risk of exploitation due to past nation-state activity and disclosures. Some of the releases today are new, and some are for older platforms under custom support agreements, that we are making publicly available today. Customers with automatic updates enabled are protected and there is no additional action required. For customers managing updates, or those on older platforms, we encourage them to apply these updates as soon as possible.”

June 2017 security update release

Adobe has released several updates. As usual, it’s recommended that you update ASAP.

Flash Player

Shockwave Player

Captivate

Adobe Digital Editions