PC Security and Other Useful Information

Breach at Cloud Solution Provider PCM Inc. “A digital intrusion at PCM Inc., a major U.S.-based cloud solution provider, allowed hackers to access email and file sharing systems for some of the company’s clients, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.”

Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 5 Apple firmware update for AirPort Base Station Browsers Mozilla updates Firefox and Firefox ESR twice Thunderbird for 0-day vulnerabilities under active attack Cisco Security advisories for 26 fixed vulnerabilities Open Source TCP SACK Panic Linux updates Microsoft June Windows 10 update may cause black screen Office update links, Security […]

Security Flaw in Pre-Installed Dell Support Software Affects Million of Computers ” Dell’s SupportAssist utility that comes pre-installed on millions of Dell laptops and PCs contains a security vulnerability that could allow malicious software or rogue logged-in users to escalate their privileges to administrator-level and access sensitive information.”

ESET TDE (aka Deslock aka Endpoint Encryption), doesn’t like 1903 Apparently, the ESET Total Disk Encryption can cause “”Inaccessible Boot Device” to occur. This post from their support folks describes what to do to avoid or fix the problem. If you have not upgraded to Windows 1903 and you would like to prevent Windows from […]

Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 67.0.3 and Firefox ESR 60.7.1 A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw.

Microsoft Operating Systems BlueKeep Vulnerability Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is issuing this Activity Alert to provide information on a vulnerability, known as “BlueKeep,” that exists in the following Microsoft Windows Operating Systems (OSs), including both 32- and 64-bit versions, as well as all Service Pack versions: Windows 2000 Windows Vista Windows […]

Security Mailer Volume 2019 Number 24 Adobe updates Flash Player Cold Fusion Adobe Campaign Mozilla releases Bugfix update for Firefox Cisco Security Advisories Linux updates Microsoft Tuesday release updates Security Updates revised Security Advisories, Exim update information General Security reviews last weeks vulnerabilities

Security Bulletin for Adobe Flash Player Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS. These updates address a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

VLC 3.0.7 is Biggest Security Release Due to EU Bounty Program “VLC Media Player 3.0.7 was released on Friday and contained the most security updates ever in one release of the program. The president of the VideoLan non-profit organization states that this was due to their inclusion in the EU-FOSSA bug bounty program.”

Security Mailer Volume 2019 Number 23 Browsers updated Firefox Pale Moon Cisco Security Advisories Linux updates Microsoft Reminder to patch Blue Keep Release of Security Baseline for Windows 10 1809 and Server 2019 General Security reviews last weeks vulnerabilities, covers Exim flaw affecting more than half of all webmail servers