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Microsoft today released its April 2019 software updates to address a total of 74 CVE-listed vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other products, 13 of which are rated critical and rest are rated Important in severity.
April 2019 secur… Continue reading Microsoft Releases April 2019 Security Updates — Two Flaws Under Active Attack
Taiwanese hardware manufacturer ASUS on Tuesday announced a software update in response to a nation-state-linked hack and downplayed the scale of the compromise of its supply chain. “Only a very small number of [a] specific user group were found to have been targeted by this attack and as such it is extremely unlikely that your device has been targeted,” ASUS said in a press release. The statement contrasted with the findings of Kaspersky Lab researchers, who described the breach as perhaps “one of the biggest supply-chain incidents ever.” The attackers compromised an ASUS server to send malicious updates that affected about 1 million computer users between June and November 2018, according to the researchers, though only 600 appeared to be targeted for attack. ASUS accounted for 6 percent of global PC shipments in the third quarter of 2018, according to Gartner. The company also makes mobile phones, smart home devices, and other […]
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Remember the CCleaner hack?
CCleaner hack was one of the largest supply chain attacks that infected more than 2.3 million users with a backdoored version of the software in September 2017.
Security researchers today revealed another massive supply ch… Continue reading Warning: ASUS Software Update Server Hacked to Distribute Malware
The popular SSH client program PuTTY has released the latest version of its software that includes security patches for 8 high-severity security vulnerabilities.
PuTTY is one of the most popular and widely used open-source client-side programs that al… Continue reading PuTTY Releases Important Software Update to Patch 8 High-Severity Flaws
The company says it has been working on an update to the system implicated in a deadly 2018 crash. Continue reading Boeing to Update Planes’ Software After Two Deadly Crashes
I hope you had biggest, happiest and craziest New Year celebration, but now it’s time to come back at work and immediately update your systems to patch new security flaws that could exploit your computer just by opening a PDF file.
Adobe has issued an… Continue reading Adobe Issues Emergency Patches for Two Critical Flaws in Acrobat and Reader
Times to gear up your systems and software.
Just a few minutes ago Microsoft released its latest monthly Patch Tuesday update for September 2018, patching a total of 61 security vulnerabilities, 17 of which are rated as critical, 43 are rated Importan… Continue reading Microsoft Issues Software Updates for 17 Critical Vulnerabilities
Cisco today released thirty security patch advisory to address a total of 32 security vulnerabilities in its products, three of which are rated critical, including the recently disclosed Apache Struts remote code execution vulnerability that is being e… Continue reading Cisco Issues Security Patch Updates for 32 Flaws in its Products
Adobe released an out-of-band security update earlier today to address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities impacting Adobe Photoshop CC for Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS machines.
According to the security advisory published Wednesd… Continue reading Adobe Issues Emergency Patches for Critical Flaws in Photoshop CC
The ACLU warns of the risk that malicious code planted in legitimate software updates could compromise security.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
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