Oracle to pour 155 fixes on top of Microsoft and Flash Patch Tuesday
As usual Adobe’s patches for October will fall in line with Microsoft’s this Tuesday, but this month Oracle’s quarterly and enormous list of 155 fixes falls on the same day.
As usual Adobe’s patches for October will fall in line with Microsoft’s this Tuesday, but this month Oracle’s quarterly and enormous list of 155 fixes falls on the same day.
The handy File History feature in Windows 8 and 8.1 is a convenience and a time-saver, but if set up without security in mind it can expose sensitive files to anyone on the Internet, security pros were told at a conference.
Tim Greene | 02 Oct | Read more
Atlanta -- Sophisticated attacks like Stuxnet aren't necessary to compromise industrial control systems for dams, power plants, chemical plants and the like. Rather, simple phishing attacks followed up by using tools that are easily available through Metasploit will do the trick, security pros were told at a conference in Atlanta this week.
Tim Greene | 02 Oct | Read more
Windows users without a hefty dose of technical knowledge always have a tough time getting help. If you don't have a geeky friend handy, PC problems often mean dragging your computer down to the Geek Squad or local PC shop, where you'll be charged a crazy amount of money to have malware removed or speed up a slowing PC.
Microsoft said Thursday that users can once again download an update that the company fixed, after crashes forced the company to pull it about a week ago.
Mark Hachman | 28 Aug | Read more
Windows XP users may now download a fourth service pack for the 13-year-old operating system, but it isn't coming from Microsoft.
Jared Newman | 28 Aug | Read more
All of us lead double lives these days since we both work and play online. During the day you may be working on a company document in Google Drive, while at night you're kicking back and chatting with friends on Skype.
With a Microsoft-mandated deadline a little more than two months away, computer makers are still selling PCs equipped with Windows 7 Home Premium.
Gregg Keizer | 21 Aug | Read more
Although Microsoft has pulled a patch from Windows Update that crippled some computers, it is still pushing a truncated version of the security update that contained the flawed fix.
Gregg Keizer | 18 Aug | Read more
Microsoft has postponed the implementation of Java blocking within Internet Explorer and will give customers a little less than a month to deal with the unexpected change.
Gregg Keizer | 14 Aug | Read more
Microsoft is thinking about buying an Israeli security company that yesterday posted instructions on how to change Active Directory passwords by exploiting a design flaw.
Tim Greene | 16 Jul | Read more
Increasing competition between Web file-sharing services has claimed a high-profile victim as security giant Symantec prepares to delete all user files and shutter its second cloud file-sharing effort just a year after its launch.
David Braue | 16 Jun | Read more
A forgotten Windows password isn't the end of the world. You don't have to trash the computer, or even perform a dreaded factory restore. There are many ways to remove or reset a Windows password, but how quickly and easily it can be done depends on the situation.
Eric Geier | 09 Jun | Read more
China's state-run television today took new shots at Microsoft's Windows 8, using a two-and-a-half-minute segment on a national show to blast the OS as a data thief.
Gregg Keizer | 05 Jun | Read more
Open-source legend TrueCrypt may be gone, but the usefulness of full disk encryption carries on. So what's a crypto fan to do now for their encryption needs?