IT administrators and the likes are expected to have a long day today, as Microsoft releases its security bulletin for May that resolves 33 vulnerabilities. Though this is not Microsoft's biggest release (April 2011's 17 bulletins addresomg 64 vulnerabilities come to mind), it is crucial for users to apply these security updates, which include a resolution to the zero-day incident involving the US Department of Labor webpage.
This roster of updates include two Critical bulletins addressing Internet Explorer (IE). The ...
Recent incidents highlight how frequently - and creatively - cybercriminals try to steal data. From "homemade browsers" to million-user data breaches, to the daily theft carried out every day by infostealers and phishing attacks, every day.
All this stolen information ends up for sale in the underground to the highest bidder. From there, it can be used in many uniformly illegal ways - from identity theft, to credit card fraud, to launching attacks on other users. They can also be used to ...
Windows XP is officially on its last legs - as far as Microsoft is concerned. There is less than a year remaining before official support ends for the 11-year-old operating system on April 8, 2014.
For users, the biggest impact of this will be that Microsoft will no longer release security updates for Windows XP vulnerabilities after that date. This wouldn't be a problem, if it weren't for the fact that so many users are still using XP. Net Applications data ...
For this month's patch Tuesday, Microsoft released security updated to resolve nine bulletins, including a bulletin for two critical issues found in all versions of Internet Explorer on all supported versions of Windows (which includes Windows 8 and Windows RT).
These issues received a critical severity rating, which means IT or security administrators should consider this bulletin high-priority. These issues affect all versions of Internet Explorer, from IE 6 to 10. If successfully exploited, these vulnerabilities could permit a possible ...
Two of the hottest buzzwords circulating in the IT world today are “SCADA” and “cloud computing.” Combining the two technologies has been talked about and is starting to garner more attention because of the potential cost savings, system redundancy, and uptime benefits.
Like most IT companies, industrial control system (ICS) devices can benefit from cloud use. The cloud is and will remain a viable business additive for traditional IT worldwide. SCADA devices do not differ from IT devices in that they ...
