Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today the unsealing of an indictment against a Russian hacker, ALEKSANDR KALININ, aka…
Original release date: July 25, 2013 Cisco has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager. These vulnerabilities could potentially allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information. US-CERT encourages users and…
he Internet Crime Complaint Center posted an alert about the Citadel malware platform used to deliver ransomware known as Reveton. The ransomware directs victims to a drive-by download website, at which time it is installed on their computers. Ransomware is used to intimidate victims into paying a…
Always log off your own computer. Do not let anyone else offer to do it for you One of our branch supervisors was offering to log her staff off for them, so they didn’t have to wait, and could get on with their evenings away from work. She wouldn’t really log them off, though, but [...]
Original release date: July 18, 2013 Cisco has released two security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators…
Original release date: July 18, 2013 Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for July 2013 to address 89 vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains the following security fixes:  6 for Oracle Database Server 21 for Oracle Fusion Middleware  1 for Oracle Hyperion  2…
Original release date: July 10, 2013 Google has released Google Chrome 28.0.1500.71 for Windows, Macintosh, and Chrome Frame platforms to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass intended restrictions, obtain sensitive…
Original release date: July 10, 2013 Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. Security updates are available for the following…
If you download FREE software…Make sure you don’t get more than you bargain for Free software that you download could be just what you think it is — a single software package. However, many times free software comes bundled with other unwanted, harmful programs including spyware, viruses, or…
Original release date: July 10, 2013 Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.2.122 and earlier versions on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems to address a vulnerability. This vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a…
Original release date: July 10, 2013 Adobe has released a security hotfix for ColdFusion 10 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux to address a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause an elevation of privilege condition. A security hotfix for Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, and 9.0.2 on JRun is…
Original release date: July 05, 2013 | Last revised: July 09, 2013 Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Office, Visual Studio, Lync, Internet Explorer, and Windows Defender as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary…
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