July 28th, 2019 by hankshelp
“A hacker gained access to internal files and documents owned by security company and SSL certificate issuer Comodo by using an email address and password mistakenly exposed on the internet”
“But according to Ursem, he wasn’t the first person to find the exposed email address and password. “This account has already been hacked by somebody else, who has been sending out spam,” he told TechCrunch. He shared a screenshot of a spam email sent out, purporting to offer tax refunds from the French finance ministry.”
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July 10th, 2019 by hankshelp
The July security release consists of security updates for the following software:
- Microsoft Windows
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps
- Azure DevOps
- Open Source Software
- .NET Framework
- Azure
- SQL Server
- NET
- Visual Studio
- Microsoft Exchange Server
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June 19th, 2019 by hankshelp
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 XP
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 R2
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.
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May 27th, 2019 by hankshelp
“Microsoft has begun pushing out its May 2019 Windows 10 update, which will flag Wi-Fi networks that are using the outdated and insecure Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) authentication mechanisms.”
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May 24th, 2019 by hankshelp
Apparently, the new categories must be selected in order for future 1902 update to be synced.
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May 23rd, 2019 by hankshelp
SURPRISE (NOT!) Looks like some problems are surfacing about the “May 2019 Update” for Windows 10. Here are a couple of links that might alert you in advance and/or help you work around some of them.
www.thewindowsclub.com/known-issues-with-windows-10-v1903-may-2019-update
www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-may-2019-update-common-problems-and-fixes
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May 19th, 2019 by hankshelp
“More than 20,000 Linksys wireless routers are regularly leaking full historic records of every device that has ever connected to them, including devices’ unique identifiers, names, and the operating systems they use. The data can be used by snoops or hackers in either targeted or opportunistic attacks.“
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January 29th, 2019 by hankshelp
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January 23rd, 2019 by hankshelp
One wonders what their password was… 🙂
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January 20th, 2019 by hankshelp
- Browser Pale Moon updated
- Cisco Security Advisory
- Oracle released Java updates
- Linux updates
- Microsoft update revisions
- General Security review of last weeks vulnerabilities
- New email data breach of immense proportions were made public
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