PC Security and Other Useful Information

Security Bulletin for Adobe Flash Player

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

Security Mailer Number 22

• Apple releases more security updates
• Cisco Security Advisories
• Linux update
• General Security reviews last week

Windows 10 Losing Connectivity From Outdated Wi-Fi Drivers

“Microsoft says that computers with Qualcomm wireless network adapters might suffer from sporadic loss of Wi-Fi connectivity after installing the Windows 10 May 2019 Update because of out-of-date network drivers.

Windows users who want to update to Windows 10 version 1903 can install the latest driver version for their Qualcomm Wi-Fi network card by downloading and applying the up to date Wi-Fi driver available from their device’s manufacturer (OEM).”

Security Mailer Volume 2019 Number 21

• Mozilla updates
  • Firefox,
  • Firefox ESR
  • Thunderbird
• Cisco Security Advisories
• Linux updates & patches
• Microsoft
  • Security updates revised
  • multiple 0-day exploits POC code released
• General Security reviews last week
• Wireshark updates

Windows 10 May 2019 Update Not Installing on Some AMD Systems

“The Windows 10 May 2019 Update does not install on systems powered by AMD Ryzen or AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors with AMD RAID drivers prior to 9.2.0.105 and configured in SATA or NVMe RAID mode.

As explained by Microsoft in a support document published today, when users will try to do a clean install of Windows 10 version 1903 or update the OS by applying the Windows 10 May Update, the installation will stop and the following error will be displayed:

This happens because the AMD RAID drivers on computers with AMD Ryzen or AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors are incompatible with the Windows 10 May 2019 update released three days ago, on May 21.”

Looks like MS has released the “May 2019” Update. So far no problems on my end. Update took less than 5 minutes!

May 21, 2019—KB4497934 (OS Build OS 17763.529)

How to get the Windows 10 May 2019 Update version 1903

Windows release health dashboard

“As part of our commitment to increasing transparency, the new Windows release health dashboard is now live, offering timely information on the current-roll out status and known issues (open and resolved) across both feature and monthly updates. The new dashboard provides a single page for each currently supported version of Windows so you can quickly search for issues by keyword, including any safeguard holds on updates, see the current status of each issue, and find important announcements. In addition, you can easily share content via Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and email, and even use Dark mode (the same popular feature recently introduced in Windows 10). Watch a walk-through on all the new dashboard features in this video.”

Security Mailer Volume 2019 Number 20

• Adobe security updates
  • Reader
  • Flash Player
  • Media Encoder
• Apple Security Updates including iOS
• Cisco Security Advisories
• Linux updates & patches
• Microsoft
  • Tuesday security updates
  • update revisions
  • security advisories
  • Office updates
• General Security review of last week

Adobe Security Bulletins Posted

“Adobe has published security bulletins for Adobe Acrobat and Reader , Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Media Encoder. Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions using the instructions referenced in the bulletin.”