December Patch Tuesday blunts WizardOpium attack chain

December 2019’s Patch Tuesday updates are, including a fix for the Windows flaw used in recently discovered WizardOpium attacks. Continue reading December Patch Tuesday blunts WizardOpium attack chain

How secure is connecting to the Internet via Windows XP (or even older) nowadays only for e-mail?

While trying (and failing) to convice a certain older person who wanted me to “fix” their ~20 years old PC that they should not be connecting to the Internet with whatever version of Windows they have installed (they couldn’t… Continue reading How secure is connecting to the Internet via Windows XP (or even older) nowadays only for e-mail?

Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop service is now generally available

Microsoft today announced that Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), its Azure-based system for virtualizing the Windows and Office user experience it announced last September, is now generally available. Using WVD, enterprises can give their employees access to virtualized applications and remote desktops, including the ability to provide multi-session Windows 10 experiences, something that sets Microsoft’s own […] Continue reading Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop service is now generally available

Thousands of NHS computers are still running Windows XP from beyond the grave

Two years after the WannaCry ransomware outbreak shone a light on the computer security of the the UK’s National Health Service, and five years after Microsoft said it would no longer release patches for Windows XP, the NHS still has 2300 PCs running t… Continue reading Thousands of NHS computers are still running Windows XP from beyond the grave

Thousands of NHS computers are still running Windows XP from beyond the grave

Two years after the WannaCry ransomware outbreak shone a light on the computer security of the UK’s National Health Service, and five years after Microsoft said it would no longer release patches for Windows XP, the NHS still … Continue reading Thousands of NHS computers are still running Windows XP from beyond the grave

Patch Tuesday – May 2019


This month’s quality update for Windows 10 is so good that it installs itself twice, Microsoft releases patches for Intel Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) attacks, and there’s a fix for a zero-day flaw in Windows Error Reporting.

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This Week in Security: What’s up with Whatsapp, Windows XP Patches, And Cisco is Attacked by the Thrangrycat

Whatsapp allows for end-to-end encrypted messaging, secure VoIP calls, and until this week, malware installation when receiving a call. A maliciously crafted SRTCP connection can trigger a buffer overflow, and execute code on the target device. The vulnerability was apparently found first by a surveillance company, The NSO Group. NSO …read more

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