Microsoft Patches Six Zero-Day Bugs this Month

Patch Tuesday updates require urgent action from sysadmins

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Instagram Influencer Gets 11 Years for Money Laundering

Man known as “Hushpuppi” linked to fraud and business email compromise

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November 9, 2022

VMware Warns of 3 New Critical Flaws Affecting Workspace ONE Assist Software

VMware has patched five security flaws affecting its Workspace ONE Assist solution, some of which could be exploited to bypass authentication and obtain elevated permissions. Topping the list, are three critical vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2022-31685, CVE-2022-31686, and CVE-2022-31687. All the shortcomings are rated 9.8 on the CVSS vulnerability scoring system. CVE-2022-31685 is an

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Everyone Suffers and Pays the Price for Internet “Sextortion”

If you aren’t aware of “sextortion,” you may not be alone. The term doesn’t relate to any verifiably listed crime, […]

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November 9, 2022

Install Latest Windows Update ASAP! Patches Issued for 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Microsoft’s latest round of monthly security updates has been released with fixes for 68 vulnerabilities spanning its software portfolio, including patches for six actively exploited zero-days. 12 of the issues are rated Critical, two are rated High, and 55 are rated Important in severity. This also includes the weaknesses that were closed out by OpenSSL the previous week. Also […]

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November 9, 2022

Patch Tuesday, November 2022 Election Edition

Let’s face it: Having “2022 election” in the headline above is probably the only reason anyone might read this story today. Still, while most of us here in the United States are anxiously awaiting the results of how well we’ve patched our Democracy, it seems fitting that Microsoft Corp. today released gobs of security patches […]

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November 8, 2022

Fortanix unveils free DSM Explorer edition for managed data security

Fortanix is offering a free tier for its data security manager software, aiming squarely at attracting new small- and medium-size businesses into its customer ranks. The Explorer tier, announced Tuesday, offers five separate solutions for businesses to try or implement long-term, as long as they stay within the various usage caps. Those solutions include tokenization […]

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