Computer Safety & News

Users should promptly apply these updates as noted below: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/01/29/Google-Releases-Security-Updates-Chrome Google has released Chrome version 72.0.3626.81 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses multiple vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system.  The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), part of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), […]

US CERT has issued a warning for certain settings for Microsoft Exchange 2013 (and newer versions) as follows.  Some workarounds are noted until Microsoft fully addresses this new issue: https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/465632/ Microsoft Exchange 2013 and newer fail to set signing and sealing flags on NTLM authentication traffic, which can allow a remote attacker to gain the […]

Mozilla Firefox v65 offers a few new features and important security fixes … so far no issues after updating to latest version https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/65.0/whatsnew/ https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/01/29/Mozilla-Releases-Security-Updates-Firefox Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.  The National Cybersecurity and Communications […]

Your smartphone may soon pack 1TB in storage thanks to Samsung’s new memory chip Samsung is best known for making smartphones but the company’s memory division — one of its most profitable units — just announced that it has begun mass-producing a 1TB flash storage chip for phones. There’s no word on when they’ll be […]