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FTC theme during July 2021 will be to protect our service men & women online Military Consumer Month 2021 | FTC Consumer Information Military Consumer | Military Consumer Month – July 2021 July is Military Consumer Month! This annual initiative highlights the FTC’s collaboration with the Department of Defense’s Office of Financial Readiness, the Consumer […]
Microsoft has released important “Patch Tuesday” monthly security updates. These should applied promptly as some of these vulnerabilities have potential to be actively exploited in-the-wild later: https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Microsoft+July+2021+Patch+Tuesday/27628/ https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2021/7/13/the-july-2021-security-update-review https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/07/microsoft-patch-tuesday-for-july-2021.html https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/07/13/microsoft-releases-july-2021-security-updates https://redmondmag.com/articles/2021/07/13/microsoft-july-patch-bundle.aspx https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2021-Jul https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/summary https://patchtuesdaydashboard.com/ This month we got patches for 117 vulnerabilities. Of these, 13 are critical, 6 were previously disclosed and 4 are being […]
