PC Security and Other Useful Information

Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools Version 6.2.34.1000 Release Notes Bitdefender has acknowledged that their A/V was causing a failure and released a new version to their Fast Ring which supposedly fixes it.

Security Mailer V18 #11 Adobe updates Flash Player Browsers – Mozilla updates Firefox and Firefox ESR Cisco security advisory Linux updates Microsoft Tuesday, updates, advisory, revision, Office updates General Security entry reviews last weeks vulnerabilities NEW SECTION – by requests added VMware to website, updated AV Scanning Exclusions in Resources section on the website

Adobe has published security bulletins for: Adobe Flash Player (APSB18-05) Adobe Connect (APSB18-06) Adobe Dreamweaver CC (APSB18-07). Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions using the instructions referenced in the relevant bulletin.

Not exactly PC related, but I thought it important for everyone to know! Health Insurance Still Required in 2018

Check Current Win10 for In-place Upgrade Repair Trying to repair a Win 10 install? You need to know what ISO to use. Here’s some help.

Pre-Installed Malware Found On 5 Million Popular Android Phones Security researchers have discovered a massive continuously growing malware campaign that has already infected nearly 5 million mobile devices worldwide. Dubbed RottenSys, the malware that disguised as a ‘System Wi-Fi service’ app came pre-installed on millions of brand new smartphones manufactured by Honor, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo, […]

Workstation and Fusion updates address a denial-of-service vulnerability  VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation and Fusion. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of service condition.

A New Backdoor Around the Fourth Amendment: The CLOUD Act  

Windows 10 Gets a Reprieve from the AV Registry Requirement for March 2018 Updates “Our recent work with our anti-virus (AV) partners on compatibility with Windows updates has now reached a sustained level of broad ecosystem compatibility.  Based on our analysis of available data, we are now lifting the AV compatibility check for the March […]

Microsoft Admits It Incorrectly Upgraded Some Windows 10 Users to v1709 and the beat goes on…. 🙁