PC Security and Other Useful Information

Security Mailer Volume 20 Number 38

• Apple Security Updates
• Cisco security advisories
• Linux updates and patches
• Microsoft Security updates revised
• General Security reviews

Security Mailer Volume 20 Number 37

• Adobe security bulletins and updates
• Mozilla updates
  • Firefox
  • Firefox ESR
  • Thunderbird
• Linux updates and patches
• Microsoft
  • Tuesday updates and patches (over 120 vulnerabilities again this month)
  • Security advisory
  • Update revisions
• General Security reviews last week

  Part 2
  

• Excel spreadsheet listing all the updates released by Microsoft, XLSX and XLS versions
• Updating Windows 10 1903 to 1909 via the 1909 Enablement Package (use at own risk)
• How to regain Windows 10 Admin rights in case you lost them using the enablement,
  [Some have reported a new user named User that is the new administrator after using the enablement package and their old profile cannot be made administrator again through User Accounts in the control panel, so here’s two ways to get your rights back.
• I have also added the two docs from part 2 to the Windows 10 resources folder on the site

   

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, Sept. 2020 Edition

“Microsoft today released updates to remedy nearly 130 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and supported software. None of the flaws are known to be currently under active exploitation, but 23 of them could be exploited by malware or malcontents to seize complete control of Windows computers with little or no help from users.”

Security Mailer Volume 20 Number 36

• Cisco security advisories
• Linux updates and patches
• General Security reviews last weeks vulnerabilities

Security Mailer Volume 20 Number 35

• Cisco security advisories
• Linux updates and patches
• Microsoft security advisory
• General Security reviews last week

Security Mailer Volume 20 Number 34

• Cisco Security Advisories
• Linux updates and patches
• Microsoft
  • Security Bulletin revisions
  • Security Advisory released
  • plans to sunset IE11 and legacy Edge
• General Security reviews

Security Mailer Volume 20 Number 33

• Adobe security updates
  • Acrobat Reader
  • LightRoom
• Cisco Security Advisories
• Linux security updates and patches
• Microsoft Tuesday updates
  • 2 0-days
  • updates revised
  • security advisories
  • Windows 10 slowdown
  • new Edge browser cannot be uninstalled
• Wireshark updates
• General Security reviews last week’s vulnerabilities

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2020 Edition

“Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 120 security holes in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including two newly discovered vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited. Yes, good people of the Windows world, it’s time once again to backup and patch up!”

Security Mailer Volume 20 Number 32

• Cisco security advisories
• Linux updates and patches

Security Mailer Volume 20 Number 31

• Mozilla updates
  • Firefox
  • Firefox ESR
  • Thunderbird
• Cisco security advisories
• Linux updates and patches
• Microsoft
  • Security advisory
  • Optional update for Windows 10 2004
• General Security reviews last week’s vulnerabilities