PC Security and Other Useful Information

Last mailer for 2018! Security Mailer Volume 18 Number 52 Adobe pre-notification of out-of-band update for Acrobat and Reader Linux security updates Review important Microsoft updates for December 2018 General Security review of last weeks vulnerabilities  

Resolve Windows 10 upgrade errors : Technical information for IT Pros “This article contains technical instructions for IT administrators. If you are not an IT administrator, try some of the quick fixes described in this article then contact Microsoft Support starting with the Virtual Agent. To talk to a person about your issue, click Get started to interact with the Virtual […]

Microsoft’s emergency Internet Explorer patch renders some Lenovo laptops unbootable If you have Lenovo laptops, you may want to avoid this update…

Security Mailer Volume 18 Number 51 (Only one week left!!) Mozilla Thunderbird update Cisco Security Advisories Linux updates Microsoft fixes 0-day for IE General Security review last week vulnerabilities, Quasar misuse VMware advisory

Microsoft Bids Fond Farewell to Many Old Certs “Many of the upcoming exam retirements reflect the program’s evolution to embrace role-based certifications. “

Microsoft Issues Emergency Fix for IE Zero Day

New Extortion Email Threatens to Send a Hitman Unless You Pay 4K “Extortion emails are getting wilder and wilder. First we had sextortion scams that threatened to reveal victims doing dirty deeds on video, then bomb threats, which brought the worlwide attention of law enforcement, and now we have threats that a hitman is targeting the recipient unless […]

Phishing Attack Pretends to be a Office 365 Non-Delivery Email “A phishing campaign has been discovered that pretends to be a non-delivery notifications from Office 365 that leads you to a page attempting to steal your login credentails. This new campaign was discovered by ISC Handler Xavier Mertens and states that “Microsoft found Several Undelivered Messages”. It then prompts you […]

Security Mailer Volume 18 Number 50 Adobe updates for Air, Acrobat Reader Mozilla updates Firefox Firefox ESR Cisco Security Advisories Linux updates Microsoft Tuesday updates Security updates revised Security Advisories Office Updates Edge browser engine being replaced General Security review of last week

Patch Tuesday, December 2018 Edition “Adobe and Microsoft each released updates today to tackle critical security weaknesses in their software. Microsoft’s December patch batch is relatively light, addressing more than three dozen vulnerabilities in Windows and related applications. Adobe has issued security fixes for its Acrobat and PDF Reader products, and has a patch for […]