Computer Safety & News

US CERT resources are shared below as there are concerns, this new vulnerability could turn into an internet WORM — which could impact any exposed & vulnerable system randomly. https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/05/16/Microsoft-Releases-Security-Updates-Address-Remote-Code-Execution https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4500705/customer-guidance-for-cve-2019-0708 Microsoft has released security updates to address a remote code execution vulnerability in the following in-support and out-of-support operating systems: In-support systems: Windows […]

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  KB4494441 for Windows 10 version 1809 may install twice to provide new speculative side-channel protection for the most recent Patch Tuesday update as shared below.  So far, this appears not to cause any Windows integrity issues, other than additional processing time: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/05/16/kb4494441-for-windows-10-version-1809-may-install-twice/ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4494441/windows-10-update-kb4494441 Reports are coming in that this week’s security update for Windows […]