PC Security and Other Useful Information

Why people answer these kinds of calls puzzles me. Needless to say, Apple Microsoft, IBM, etc. will neve calla end consumer like this. Period. Ignore that call from “Apple” about an iCloud breach

Latest update to iOS. At least one vulnerability is fixed. Apple releases iOS 10.3 for iPhone and iPad owners

Everyone should be doing this! How to set up two-factor authentication for your Apple ID and iCloud account

Microsoft hit with second cloud disruption in two weeks

LastPass fixes serious password leak vulnerabilities

Latest big-name, multi-million records stolen. As I’ve warned others, you have to assume that your information is out there and take the necessary precautions. Freeze your credit reports and check financial assets regularly. Millions of records leaked from huge US corporate database

On April 11, 2017, all support for Vista ends. That means that the April Patch Tuesday will be the last one. Windows Vista has just 30 days to live

Adobe, Microsoft Push Critical Security Fixes Big updates from Microsoft (2 months worth). 7 Flash Updates. More and more reasons to ditch Flash!! Microsoft releases 18 security bulletins, 9 rated critical, many bugs disclosed/exploited Microsoft fixes record number of flaws, some publicly known  

Nasty one Critical vulnerability under “massive” attack imperils high-impact sites “In a string of attacks that have escalated over the past 48 hours, hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability that allows them to take almost complete control of Web servers used by banks, government agencies, and large Internet companies.”

Just saw this. I had downloaded and installed the updates with no impact. Forgot that the Surface updates are not part of Patch Tuesday. Updates for Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 (7 March 2017)