PC Security and Other Useful Information

Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 49

• Updates
  • Firefox
  • Firefox ESR
  • Thunderbird
• Cisco security advisories
• Linux updates and patches
• General Security reviews last week
• A look at the new Edge browser from Microsoft
• Recycle bin won’t empty – how to fix it
• Windows 10 black screen before getting to login – how to fix this

Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 48

• Cisco security advisories
• Linux
  • Updates
  • patches
• General Security reviews last week vulnerabilities
• Plan to Save the Web – nice read from Steve Ranger at ZDnet covering Tim Berners-Lee plans to save the web
• Windows Quick Tips

Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 46

• • Adobe
    • Security Bulletins
    • Updates
  • Cisco Security Advisories
  • Linux updates
  • Microsoft
    • Tuesday security updates
    • revised updates
    • security advisories
    • Windows 10 1909 released
  • General Security
    • Review of last week
    • Startpage Search owner changes
    • Disney+ launch marred

Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 45

• Cisco security advisories
• Linux updates
• General Security review last week

Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 44

• Apple Security Updates
• Browser updates
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Thunderbird
  • upcoming Firefox releases; Linux updates
• General security reviews last week
• CISA warns of North Korean TrojanHoplight,
• Adobe Creative Cloud users accounts exposed
• malware targets QNAP NAS devices
• internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock returns

Breaches at NetworkSolutions, Register.com, and Web.com

“On October 16, 2019, Web.com determined that a third-party gained unauthorized access to a limited number of our computer systems in late August 2019, and as a result, account information may have been accessed. No credit card data was compromised as a result of this incident.

Upon discovery of this unauthorized access, the company immediately began working with an independent cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation to determine the scope of the incident, including the specific data impacted. We have also reported the intrusion to federal authorities and are notifying affected customers.

Safeguarding our customer’s information is core to our mission. We are committed to protecting our customers against misuse of their information and have invested heavily in cybersecurity. We will continue to do so as we incorporate the key learnings of this incident to further strengthen our cyber defenses.”

Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 43

• Browser updates
  • Firefox
  • Firefox ESR
  • Thunderbird
  • TOR
• Cisco security advisories
• Linux updates
• Microsoft update (optional);
• General Security reviews last week
• VMware patches for security holes

Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 42

• Cisco Security Advisories
• Linux Updates
• Microsoft
  • Update released
  • Known issues reported
  • Windows 10 end of service reminders
• General Security reviews last week

Security Mailer Volume 2019 Number 41

• Adobe security update prenotification
• Apple Security updates
• Browser updates
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
• Cisco security advisories
• Linux updates
• Microsoft
  • Tuesday updates
  • update revisions
  • advisory
• General Security
  • reviews last week
  • Notepad++ update

Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 39Balsam#2019MVP

• Browsers- urgent Chrome update
• Cisco Security Advisories
• Linux updates
• Microsoft
  • Security updates released
  • Emergency update for Internet Explorer 0-day
  • Cumulative update for Windows 10 1903
  • File extension types banned in OWA
  • New fileless malware
• General Security covers last week vulnerabilities