Available for All XTM Appliances WatchGuard is excited to announce the general release of Fireware XTM v11.5.3 and WatchGuard System Manager v11.5.3. (more…)
Major US Cyber Legislation, VMware Source Code Leak, and Hotmail Hacks This week’s security news round-up video is full of scary Cyber legislation, major network and organization breaches, and a couple of important security updates. If you’re too busy to follow the barrage of security news every day, let WatchGuard’s Security Week in review video summarize it for you. Would you rather read (more…)
Oracle CPU Update, Another Mac Trojan, and 20,000 Infected Websites This week I’ve been traveling in Denmark and Finland, speaking at various security events, which make this week’s WatchGuard Security Week in Review an “on the road” edition. In this very short episode, I quickly cover this week’s big Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU), yet another mac trojan, and a story about Google warning web administrators about web site infections. Check out the video below for the quick highlights You’ll find links to the stories in this episode below (more…)
Flashback Follow-up, Lots of Patches, and MBR Ransomware In this week’s video, I follow up on Flashback developments, cover the various security updates that came out this week, and warn you about two new interesting malware variants that change their targets or techniques. There’s a lot to learn, so check out this week’s WatchGuard Security Week in Review video below. (more…)
Summary: This vulnerability affects : Adobe Reader and Acrobat X 10.1.2 and earlier, running on Windows, Mac, and Linux How an attacker exploits it : By enticing your users into viewing maliciously crafted PDF documents Impact : An attacker can execute code on your computer, potentially gaining control of it What to do : Windows users should install Adobe’s Reader and Acrobat X 10.1.3 or 9.5.1 updates as soon as possible (or let Adobe’s Updater do it for you). Exposure: Today, Adobe released a security bulletin describing four vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat X 10.1.2 and earlier, running on all supported platforms. Adobe doesn’t describe these flaws in much technically detail, but most of them involve integer overflow and memory corruption issues within Reader and Acrobat components. (more…)
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Windows and its optional .NET Framework component How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing your users into running specially crafted executable files or visiting web sites with malicious content Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer What to do: Install the appropriate Microsoft patches as soon as possible, or let Windows Automatic Update do it for you. Exposure: Today, Microsoft released two security bulletins describing vulnerabilities that affect Windows and its optional .NET Framework component. Each vulnerability affects different versions of Windows to varying degrees. (more…)
