Threat Source newsletter (March 12, 2020)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Obviously, COVID-19 is dominating headlines everywhere, and for good reason. We hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy and...

March 2020 Patch Tuesday – 115 Vulns, 26 Critical, Microsoft Word and Workstation Patches

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 115 vulnerabilities with 26 of them labeled as Critical. Of the 26 Critical vulns, 17 are for browser and scripting engines, 4 are for Media Foundation, 2 are for GDI+ and the remaining 3 are for LNK files, Microsoft Word and Dynamics Business...

This Week in Security News: February 2020 Patch Tuesday Update and Misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket Leaks 36,000 Inmate Records

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about the more than 140 February Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and Adobe. Also, read about how an unsecured and unencrypted...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday — April 2019: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage

Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 74 vulnerabilities, 16 of which are rated “critical” and 58 that are considered “important.” This release also includes a critical advisory...

A week in security (June 11 – June 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we discussed how to protect the online privacy of children, we gave you a spring 2018 overview of exploit kits, rounded up the ongoing discussions about the VPNFilter malware, and discussed the struggles of UK law enforcement with modern-day cybercrime. Other news...

September 2014 Microsoft Patch Tuesday advance notification

Microsoft today announced a relatively light load of patches will be delivered on Patch Tuesday next week, along with some numbers that demonstrate public vulnerability disclosures continue to rise. Four security bulletins, one rated critical, are scheduled to be released next Tuesday. In what’s...

February 2014 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security Bulletins

The expected continued respite from deploying Internet Explorer patches was apparently a mirage as Microsoft changed course from last Thursday’s advance notification and added two more bulletins to the February 2014 Patch Tuesday security updates, including the first IE rollup of 2014. IE had...

Faulty Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Patch Pulled Back

Microsoft announced Wednesday afternoon that it has pulled MS13-061, one of the patches issued yesterday for vulnerabilities in Exchange Server 2013. Microsoft said the patch is causing issues with the content index for mailbox databases. Organizations would still be able to send and receive emai...

Metasploit Module Released for Patched Honeywell ICS Vulnerability

Metasploit today released an exploit module for a serious vulnerability in Honeywell industrial control system software used to manage everything from HVAC and building access systems, to energy and facilities management processes. The vulnerability was reported by Rapid7 researcher Juan Vazquez ...

Deja Vu: Another Adobe Flash Player Security Update Released

What’s better than one Flash Player update a week? Why two, of course. Adobe released its regularly scheduled security updates today, including another set of fixes for its ubiquitous Flash Player, less than a week after an emergency patch took care of two zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited...

The Ryan & Roel Show Episode 2

Clickjacking: Ryan and Roel tackle browser-threat hype – Tue, October 21, 2008 The cross-browser clickjacking threat, malware on new Asus EEE machines, phishing and the elections/financial crisis, the iPhone security mess, Microsoft Patch Tuesday and the exploding fraudware/rogueware problems...