Tag: patch

Does your young gamer play it safe? Six tips that will keep them well-protected

May 11, 2021

Twenty years ago, playing a game with players from the other side of the globe was just a dream. For today’s kids, this is the reality that is only a few clicks away. But cooperating or competing with complete strangers, who children know only by their nicknames, carries its risks. Although most online players are … More Does your young gamer play it safe? Six tips that will keep them well-protected

Exchange servers under siege from at least 10 APT groups

March 11, 2021

ESET Research has found LuckyMouse, Tick, Winnti Group, and Calypso, among others, are likely using the recent Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities to compromise email servers all around the world. ESET Research has discovered that more than ten different advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are exploiting the recent Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities to compromise email servers. ESET has … More Exchange servers under siege from at least 10 APT groups

Google: Better patching could have prevented 1 in 4 zero‑days last year

February 9, 2021

Vendors should fix the root cause of a vulnerability, rather than block just one path to triggering it, says Google. Google’s Project Zero team revealed that a quarter of zero-day exploits detected in 2020 could have been prevented had the vendors issued proper patches for the underlying security flaws. In its Year in Review bloggpost, the … More Google: Better patching could have prevented 1 in 4 zero‑days last year

Microsoft issues two emergency Windows patches

October 21, 2020

The flaws, neither of which is being actively exploited, were fixed merely days after the monthly Patch Tuesday rollout. Microsoft has rushed out fixes for two security vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code. The security flaws are classified as Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities and if successfully exploited could allow threat … More Microsoft issues two emergency Windows patches

Microsoft releases emergency update to fix two serious Windows flaws

July 2, 2020

The out-of-band update plugs two remote code execution bugs in the Windows Codecs library, including one rated as critical. Microsoft on Tuesday released emergency security patches to plug a pair of serious vulnerabilities in its Windows Codecs library that impact several Windows 10 and Windows Server versions. Indexed as CVE-2020-1425 and CVE-2020-1457, the two remote-code execution (RCE) flaws … More Microsoft releases emergency update to fix two serious Windows flaws