What’s affected
Macs, PCs and Servers. Just about everything. The jury is still out on the likelihood of phones being vulnerable. Here’s what you can do right now. More
Tagged: Security Update
Computer Processor Vulnerabilities (Meltdown / Spectre)
250,000 Twitter Accounts Hacked
Twitter has announced that 250,000 accounts have been hacked in attacks that they say appeared similar to recent attacks on the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. If the attacks, exposing usernames, encrypted password data, email addresses and session tokens, aren’t bad enough, Twitter’s announcement opens the door for a series of follow-up phishing attacks.
Here’s what to watch out for. More
Latest Security Alerts
Failed to get content from 'http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity.xml'
A Note on security Updates
It’s easy to be overly concerned by the constant barrage of security alerts. The above list provides a brief and constantly updated summary of the latest threats from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team. More
Microsoft January 2013 Security Bulletin
Microsoft has released updates to correct vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Developers Tools, Server Software, and .NET Framework as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for January 2013. More