Following last month’s 12-bulletin release, which included two zero-day patches, today’s Patch Tuesday release is relatively light. Microsoft only released three bulletins to resolve four vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Only one bulletin, which resolves vulnerabilities in DirectShow, Windows Media Player, and Windows Media Center, has been rated “critical.” The other two bulletins have been rated “important. ” All three bulletins…
Read MoreRia Rivera
Technical Communications
One of the primary points raised in this year’s RSA Conference is that mobile threats are as real and pressing as other industry issues today. Amid heated discussions over cloud security, several sessions were spent on reviewing the threats to mobile security and on laying out concrete steps so we can defend our mobile lives. The Ugly…
Read MoreA year after the much-hyped April 1st D-day for DOWNAD/Conficker, the world can only hope that it has heard the last of the notorious network worm. As we have seen, DOWNAD variants have effectively infected millions of systems and paralyzed networks in just a matter of months. And while there seems to be very little…
Read MoreApple Fixes Several Bugs Releasing one of its biggest Mac OS X security updates, Apple fixes 88 vulnerabilities with Security Update 2010-002/Mac OS X v10.6.3. The update addresses critical issues that can lead to arbitrary code execution, information disclosure, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. One of the critical fixes included is the solution for the AppKit issue, which can lead…
Read MoreAs alternative browsers battle for the top spot in the market, they also face the challenge of staying secure due to the increased demand for them to provide users a safe computing experience. Several popular browsers were recently found to have significant security flaws. Topping the list was Internet Explorer (IE), which was found to…
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