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Google Drive update fixes data-leaking flaw

June 30, 2014

Google has fixed a security issue that made some of the files stored on Google Drive and shared with friends or colleagues via a direct link potentially reachable by …

Microsoft patches DoS flaw in its Malware Protection Engine

June 18, 2014

Microsoft has released an update for its Malware Protection Engine to fix a privately reported security vulnerability that could allow a denial of service if the Microsoft …

Microsoft delivers seven advisories

June 11, 2014

Patch Tuesday, June 2014 delivers seven advisories, of them, two critical, five important – one of which is the seldom seen “tampering” type. The remarkable …

OpenSSL releases patches for critical MITM, code execution flaws

June 5, 2014

OpenSSL users, you need to patch again. The OpenSSL team released a security update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities, two of which could be considered critical. The first one is …

Google adds new security features to Google Apps

May 19, 2014

Here is some welcome news for Google Apps Business, Government and Education customers: the company has implemented three new security features to protect them from phishing, …

Microsoft releases eight security updates

May 13, 2014

There is a lot going on in the updates from Microsoft this month, including some very interesting and long time coming changes. Also, it’s the highest volume of …

Microsoft to release eight bulletins on Tuesday

May 9, 2014

Tuesday, May 13 marks the next Microsoft security patch release. This release will contain eight bulletins, which is the most in a single release so far this year. The good …

Tips for utilities to comply with new cybersecurity standards

May 5, 2014

When the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) signed Order 791 in January 2014, more than 400 utilities suddenly faced a tight timetable to plan for and …

Microsoft updates IE against latest 0-day, updates also XP

May 1, 2014

Microsoft has issued an out of band security update to patch the zero day vulnerability that affects all versions of Internet Explorer and is being actively exploited in the …

Flash 0-day exploited in watering hole attacks, Adobe provides patch

April 28, 2014

Adobe has pushed out new versions of Flash Player for Windows, Mac and Linux, as a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability affecting the software is being actively exploited …

Oracle patches 104 vulns, still working on some Heartbleed fixes

April 17, 2014

Oracle’s April 2014 Critical Patch Update has been released, and solves a total of 104 vulnerabilities found across many of its products, including Oracle Database, …

Heartbleed: VMware starts delivering patches

April 15, 2014

VMware has announced that it has started shipping patches for its products that have been impacted by the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug. “VMware is acutely aware of the …