Security

Last Updated on 14 Dec. 2015, Total: 99 Blog Posts

  1. Known issues with MS August’s security update

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 25 Aug. 2014
    • Section: Security

    After you install August’s security update, fonts that are installed in a location other than the default fonts directory (%windir%\fonts\) cannot be changed when they are loaded into any active session... Read More

  2. Last Chance to register for the webinar: Choosing a Cloud Option to Manage Your Email

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 20 May 2014
    • Section: Security

    Join Microsoft MVP Michael Noel and Hudson Casson from Metalogix on Wednesday, May 21, at 11am EDT to learn about the key factors organizations must take into account when considering a move to the cloud... Read More

  3. Leveraging Microsoft SMB protocol to create a new attack vector

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 18 Aug. 2015
    • Section: Security

    Security researches at the Black Hat USA 2015 conference in Las Vegas, explain how an extension of Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) attacks allows credentials theft and user impersonation from the internet... Read More

  4. Mac OS X & iOS Kernel Module vulnerabilities

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 9 Jan. 2014
    • Section: Security

    Vulnerability reported at WooYun.org claims that Apple’s operating system IOReportHub has kernel module unitialization vulnerabilities that cause kernel breakdown... Read More

  5. Magento e-commerce web platform vulnerability

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 24 April 2015
    • Section: Security

    Store owners and administrators of Magento are urged to take action immediately and apply the patch released to address these flaws... Read More

  6. Major Trends in Cloud Security

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 18 March 2015
    • Section: Security

    Holger Schulze, Group Founder Information Security Community on LinkedIn presents the outcome of a comprehensive research that shows how your peers are approaching security in the era of cloud infrastructure and gain valuable benchmark data to gauge how your own organization stacks up... Read More

  7. Malicious Word documents & Associated Phishing campaign

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 3 July 2014
    • Section: Security

    In this two-part series three security researchers present an analysis of a particular attack that combines spearphishing and exploit attempt... Read More

  8. Malware Compromises 100,000+ WordPress Websites

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 16 Dec. 2014
    • Section: Security

    Researchers at Sucuri say that the SoakSoak Malware has impacted 100’s of thousands of WordPress specific websites... Read More

  9. Microsoft announces security features for Azure SQL Database

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 16 Oct. 2015
    • Section: Security

    Microsoft Azure SQL Database will provide unparalleled data security in the cloud with Always Encrypted... Read More

  10. Microsoft releases a critical security fix

    • by George Chetcuti
    • Published on 21 July 2015
    • Section: Security

    The out-of-band security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library handles OpenType fonts... Read More