Microsoft today issued 13 patch bundles to fix roughly four dozen security vulnerabilities in Windows and associated software. Separately, Adobe pushed updates to fix a slew of critical flaws in its Flash Player and Adobe Air software, as well as patches to fix holes in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Three of the Microsoft patches earned the […]

There is a lesson to be learned from a locksmith living 150 years ago: Attackers and criminals are the only parties who benefit when security researchers fear the consequences for reporting issues. Source: Information Week

Password managers are a great way to supply random, unique passwords to a high number of websites. But most still have an Achilles’ heel: Usually, a single master password unlocks the entire vault.But a group of researchers has developed a type of password manager that creates decoy password vaults if a wrong master password is […]

Responsible disclosure and an exploitable hole closed neatly through the exploitable process itself. Result! (But make sure you’ve patched.) Source: Sophos

No sooner had we reported that Microsoft will adopt a “rolling update” model for Windows 10… …than we received notice of Apple’s latest “rolling update” for its Safari browser. Source: Sophos

This week, nationwide beauty products chain Sally Beauty disclosed that, for the second time in a year, it was investigating reports that hackers had broken into its networks and stolen customer credit card data. That investigation is ongoing, but I recently had an opportunity to interview a former Sally Beauty IT technician who provided a […]

Listen to our latest podcast. From the end of Patch Tuesday to the likelihood of another virus outbreak like LOVE BUG, here’s news and discussion with plenty of sound advice… Source: Sophos