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This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for May 20th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: A serious spyware vulnerability in WhatsApp, San Francisco bans facial recognition, and a wormable vulnerability in older Microsoft sys… Continue reading Critical WhatsApp Vulnerability, Facial Recognition Ban, Wormable Flaw in Windows
Because we’re all going to die anyway, this edition of Short Takes looks at a horrible new set of Intel vulnerabilities, Microsoft fixes a major security flaw in Windows XP (yes, really), Microsoft partners with Sony on video game stream (again, yes, really), and much, much more. Intel: We’re all doomed. Again. Good news for […]
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In an unusual move, Microsoft today issued a security patch for Windows XP, which hasn’t been officially supported since 2014.
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Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003, citing the discovery of a “wormable” flaw that the company says could be used to fuel a fast-moving malware threat like the WannaCry ransomware attacks of 2017.
The vulnerability (CVE-2019-0709) resides in the “remote desktop services” component built into supported versions of Windows, including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. It also is present in computers powered by Windows XP and Windows 2003, operating systems for which Microsoft long ago stopped shipping security updates. Continue reading Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003
With this week’s news that Microsoft is rebooting PowerToys, I thought it would be fun to take a trip back in time.
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Will Windows 7’s retirement result in a new wave of Windows 10 PC upgrades? Perhaps. But there’s much evidence to the contrary.
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I have a laptop that is not capable of running any versions of Windows above XP reliably, but that I want to connect to use to browse web using the last version of Firefox available for Windows XP. I don’t care about this lap… Continue reading Does running Windows XP pose a security threat to the whole internal network?
7 new Spectre/Meltdown attacks, Hacking ATM’s for free cash is easier than Windows XP, AI can now fake fingerprints fooling ID scanners, and Japan’s cybersecurity minister admits he’s never used a computer! Paul’s Stories Facebo… Continue reading Spectre, ATMs, and Japan’s Minister – Paul’s Security Weekly #583
A comprehensive new report lifts the lid on the sketchy state of ATM security. Continue reading How to rob an ATM? Let me count the ways…
Mozilla’s browser is waving goodbye to millions of XP holdouts. Continue reading Firefox finally casts Windows XP users adrift