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Flash, Windows Users: It’s Time to Patch

March 13, 2018 admin Adobe Flash Player, Chris Goettl, Exchange Server, Internet Explorer, Ivanti, Jimmy Graham, microsoft, Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2018, office, Sharepoint, Time to Patch, windows

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:36:28 +0000

Adobe and Microsoft each pushed critical security updates to their products today. Adobe’s got a new version of Flash Player available, and Microsoft released 14 updates covering more than 75 vulnerabilities, two of which were publicly disclosed prior to today’s patch release. The Microsoft updates affect all supported Windows operating systems, as well as all supported versions of Internet Explorer/Edge, Office, Sharepoint and Exchange Server. All of the critical vulnerabilities from Microsoft are in browsers and browser-related technologies, according to a post from security firm Qualys.

MalwareBytes Security

Drive-by download campaign targets Chinese websites, experiments with exploits

February 22, 2018 admin Chinese, coinhive, drive-by, EK, exploit kit, Exploits, Flash Player, Internet Explorer, svchost.exe, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:00:00 +0000

This custom made drive-by download attack targets some Chinese websites and their visitors while experimenting with exploits.

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Threat analysis

Tags: Chinese coinhive drive-by EK exploit kit exploits Flash Player Internet Explorer svchost.exe

Independent Krebs

Attackers Exploiting Unpatched Flaw in Flash

February 2, 2018 admin CVE-2018-4878, Flash Player zero day, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Latest Warnings, mozilla firefox, Protected mode, Protected View for Office, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:21:06 +0000

Adobe warned on Thursday that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown security hole in its Flash Player software to break into Microsoft Windows computers. Adobe said it plans to issue a fix for the flaw in the next few days, but now might be a good time to check your exposure to this still-ubiquitous program and harden your defenses. Adobe said a critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) exists in Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

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Adobe, Microsoft Patch Critical Cracks

November 14, 2017 admin adobe, chrome, CVE-2017-13080, Edge, Flash Player, Gill Langston, Internet Explorer, Ivanti, KRACK, microsoft, Microsoft Patch Tuesday November 2017, Other, Qualys, windows

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 23:12:32 +0000

It’s Nov. 14 — the second Tuesday of the month (a.k.a. “Patch Tuesday) — and Adobe and Microsoft have issued gobs of security updates for their software. Microsoft’s 11 patch bundles fix more than four-dozen security holes in various Windows versions and Office products — including at least four serious flaws that were publicly disclosed prior to today. Meanwhile, Adobe’s got security updates available for a slew of titles, including Flash Player, Photoshop, Reader and Shockwave.

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Microsoft, Adobe Ship Critical Fixes

June 13, 2017 admin Adobe Flash Player update June 2017, CVE-2017-8543, Edge, Eric Doerr, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Patch Tuesday June 2017, Other, Shockwave player update

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:47:31 +0000

Microsoft today released security updates to fix almost a hundred security flaws in its various Windows operating systems and related software. One bug is so serious that Microsoft is issuing patches for it on Windows XP and other operating systems the company no longer officially supports. Separately, Adobe has pushed critical updates for its Flash and Shockwave players, two programs most users would probably be better off without.

Microsoft Security

Keeping Browsing Experience in Users’ Hands, an Update…

January 23, 2017 admin Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge policy, MMPC, Objective Criteria, safe browsing, Unwanted software

Since we published the Keeping Browsing Experience in Users’ Hands blog in December 2015, we’ve received feedback from the ecosystem and engaged in discussions with the industry. Based on those discussions and feedback, we are making a couple of updates. We are broadening the scope of the evaluation criteria we blogged about to state: Programs…