PC Security and Other Useful Information

Security Mailet V17#10 Part 1 – Added Classic Shell for Windows 10 to Articles Browsers, Mozilla updates Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird (many security fixes) Open source – critical 0-day for Apache Struts patched, Linux updates Microsoft Office updates General Security entries including WD My Cloud insecure Part 2 – Classic Shell for Windows 10 […]

Now avaiable via the the Surface IT Pro Blog Updates for Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 (7 March 2017)

Microsoft strikes again! Mysterious WPD driver is installing on Windows PCs, triggering errors

Nasty one since a lot of folks either don’t know how to update firmaware or don’t even know that it can be. Unpatched Western Digital Bugs Leave NAS Boxes Open to Attack

U.S. Marshals warn against dual phone scams

Free decryption tools now available for Dharma ransomware “Computer users who have been affected by the Dharma ransomware and have held onto their encrypted files can now restore them for free. Researchers have created decryption tools for this ransomware strain after someone recently leaked the decryption keys.”

Sorry about the delay on number 8 Security Mailer V17#8 Adobe updates Shockwave Apple updates Garage Band and Logic Pro X, big increase in MAC Malware Browser updates for Pale Moon Open source reminder for Open SSL, Linux 11 year old bug discovered, Linux updates Microsoft updates Flash Player, has another un-patched browser vulnerability released […]

While we wit for the “Creator’s Update” , it turns out tha there is a way to stop (or delay) it. “In the meantime, prior to the big Creators Update, Windows users can get a greater measure of control by going into the Windows 10 Task Scheduler and clicking through Task Scheduler Library, then Microsoft, […]

821,000 user records exposed due to misconfigured MongoDB for smart stuffed toys Pure, stupid unprotected database.

This one is nasty!! http://thehackernews.com/2017/02/HoeflerText-font-chrome.html