Computer Safety & News

Security experts have discovered a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-15361. An exploit called ROCA is the Return of Coppersmith’s Attack (allowing the users private keys to be recovered in breaking encryption).  A vulnerability testing tool has also been developed http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/64401/breaking-news/roca-vulnerability-cve-2017-15361.html http://wccftech.com/roca-worse-krack-crypto-keys-risk/ While security experts are discussing the dreaded KRACK attack against WiFi networks IT giants, […]

Below are key resources documenting this recent monthly Microsoft Patch Tuesday release https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/October+2017+Security+Updates/22916/ http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/10/ms-tuesday.html https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/summary https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-13080 Microsoft has released its monthly set of security advisories for vulnerabilities that have been identified and addressed in various products. This month’s advisory release addresses 63 new vulnerabilities with 28 of them rated critical and 35 rated important. These […]

Below are a few additional updates from overnight security feeds: Excellent FAQ & latest info for KRACK https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-krack-attack-breaks-wpa2-wifi-protocol/ Vendor directory for KRACK patching  (two lists)   https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/list-of-firmware-and-driver-updates-for-krack-wpa2-vulnerability/ http://wccftech.com/keep-safe-wifi-wpa2-krack-exploit/ MICROSOFT PATCHES AVAILABLE  (OCT 10th Patch Tuesday)    https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-13080