BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike, taking banks, airlines, and more businesses offline; Microsoft is aware
or CrowdStrike Microsoft : HELPFUL LINKS — Get notified of outages that impact you — Building reliable applications on Azure The Record : IT teams scramble to recover from CrowdStrike incident as ...
Microsoft pushes a fix for a critical flaw in a cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows; NSA says it alerted Microsoft to the bug
rather than weaponizing it Robert Hackett / Fortune : The NSA patches up its reputation with a gift to Microsoft Mark Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : Microsoft turns the screws on Windows 7 users with fu...
VideoLAN says a VLC security issue shared by CERT-Bund is not as severe as reported and is in a third-party library that was fixed 16+ months ago
and is nothing to do with VLC Graeme Burton / Inquirer : VLC flaw downgraded after VideoLAN claims it was fixed 16 months ago Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer : Keep Calm, Carry On. VLC Not Affected...
Multiple OSes including Windows, macOS, and Linux were affected by a serious security flaw caused by developers misinterpreting chipmakers' documentation
Modern processors provide debugging … Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : Every Major OS Maker Hit By Security Flaw Actively Being Exploited to Hack Users The Register : Every major OS maker m...
Researchers: cookies can be used to bypass HTTPS, reveal private session information in all modern browsers
Cookies can render secure websites vulnerable in all modern browsers — Share1 — Pin1 — TOTAL SHARES 3 — CERT have issued a new directive notifying that cookies …