January 2018 News and Updates
Updates News Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities – There’s a LOT of buzz about the two of these. I won’t be going into any detail in this newsletter about either but…
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Updates News Mailing List – We’re excited to announce that the mailing list is back up and running. We generally only send emails once per month (the News and Updates),…
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Updates Executive Summary – In addition to the normal Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle / Java updates, Google released an update to patch 10 critical bugs in the Android operating system…
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Updates Executive Summary – 2017 has been an explosive year for ransomware and a wake-up call for administrators of the importance of installing updates in a timely fashion. The WannaCry…
Read moreFebruary Microsoft Updates Delayed till March!
[UPDATE] February Monthly Updates [UPDATE] Microsoft has officially announced that February’s updates will be released next month as part of the March regularly scheduled updates. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/02/14/february-2017-security-update-release/ We…
Read moreLast Minute Delay from Microsoft in February 2017 Updates
Updates Executive Summary – For the first time that I can remember, Microsoft has delayed the monthly updates for February 2017 because of a last minute problem that was…
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Updates Executive Summary – 2017 is starting out with a relatively low number of updates with only four bulletins from Microsoft (Edge, Office and Windows [LSA]) and two updates…
Read moreAdobe released an emergency update to patch a vulnerability currently being exploited in targeted attacks
Emergency patch for Zero Day Vulnerability Under Attack Additional details are available in the linked article below but Adobe has released an update to the Adobe Flash Player that is…
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Updates Executive Summary – Microsoft released a total of 10 bulletins, most of which are rated critical and most of those can allow an attacker full access to a…
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What’s New DC770 – A quick reminder that DC770 meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm EDT in the basement at Jefferson’s. Updates Executive Summary – This month’s…
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