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    Security Mailer (2019) # 40

    October 9th, 2019 by

    Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 40

    • Browsers
      • Firefox update
      • Vendors begin depricating TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
    • Cisco Security Advisories
    • Open Source
      • Linux Kernel getting new Lockdown feature
      • Linux updates;
    • Microsoft Updates released
      • Updates revised
      • SDX Helper issues
    • General Security reviews last week,
    • Updates for TCPDUMP and LIBPCAP

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    Updates for SQL Server and .NET

    October 9th, 2019 by

    CU 17 for SQL Server 2017 RTM

    CU 10 for SQL Server 2016 SP2

    CU 9 for SQL Server 2016 SP2

    .NET Framework October 2019 Security and Quality Rollup
    (No security fixes)

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    Security Mailer (2019 #37)

    September 16th, 2019 by

    Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 37

    • Adobe security update
      • Flash Player
      • Application Manager
    • Cisco Security Advisory
    • Linux updates
    • Microsoft Tuesday updates and patches
      • Two 0-days
      • Security bulletins revised
      • Security advisories
    • General Security review of last week
    • Wireshark updates
    • Word Press security updates

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    Security Mailer (2019 # 36)

    September 8th, 2019 by

    Security Mailer Volume 19 Number 36

    • Mozilla updates
      • Firefox
      • Firefox ESR
      • Thunderbird
    • Cisco Security Advisories
    • Linux updates
    • General Security review last week

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    Comodo hacked (more than once?)

    July 28th, 2019 by

    An exposed password let a hacker access internal Comodo files

    “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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    Release Notes for July 2019 W10 Security Updates

    July 10th, 2019 by

    July 2019 Security Updates

    Patch Tuesday Lowdown, July 2019 Edition

    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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    Microsoft Operating Systems BlueKeep Vulnerability

    June 19th, 2019 by

    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 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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    Microsoft Beefs Up Wi-Fi Protection

    May 27th, 2019 by

    https://threatpost.com/microsoft-wi-fi-protection/145053/

    “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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    Windows 10 “May 2019 Update” (1903) makes changes to Patching Process

    May 24th, 2019 by

    Systems administrators: You need to know about this Windows 10 1903 patching change

    PSA: New Update Product Categories for 1903 Release

    Apparently, the new categories must be selected in order for future 1902 update to be synced.

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    Windows 10 “May Update” has a few problems reported

    May 23rd, 2019 by

    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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