Computer Safety & News

Windows 10 offers new designs and this informative article shares beneficial techniques to address early concerns that have surfaced with certain default settings. http://www.computerworld.com/article/2975004/microsoft-windows/4-overblown-windows-10-worries.html Not long after Windows 10 was released late last month, it received a different kind of publicity than Microsoft wanted — concerns about everything from its privacy practices to fears about […]

A “patch now” and “out-of-band” IE update was released last week to help protect users from specially crafted malformed webpage attacks as described below: ISC link — Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-093 – Critical Internet Explorer update https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-093 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3087985 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3081444 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3088903 This security update resolves a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could allow remote code […]

The following slide slow by eWeek provides excellent security awareness in defining popular security attack methods to avoid and setup protective defenses against:  http://www.eweek.com/security/slideshows/top-10-common-application-attacks-to-avoid.html Today, more and more application development processes are moving onto the Web. In fact, entire productivity suites, including Google Drive, email, storage, digital credit cards, photos and more are housed there. […]