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Free tools: Internet traffic monitoring

December 14, 2017 admin 101, bitmeter, fiddler, network monitoring, resmon, Resource Monitor, tcpview, Technology, url revealer, windows, wireshark

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:40:09 +0000

There are many reasons why you might want to start Internet traffic monitoring, especially if you’re a security enthusiast or amateur analyst. We list some free tools that have different use cases.

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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.

ComputerWorld Independent

Excel, Access, external DB driver errors linked to this month’s patches

October 17, 2017 admin Security, windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:08:00 -0700

I’m seeing many reports, in various locations, about this month’s Windows security patches breaking custom programs that import and export Excel XLS files. Programs that have worked for years are suddenly, mysteriously, turning belly-up. The most common symptom is an error message that says “Unexpected error from external database driver” followed by a number.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Microsoft shuts down Krack with sneaky Windows update

October 16, 2017 admin Security, windows

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:44:00 -0700

Microsoft today revealed that it quietly patched Windows last week against vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol used to secure wireless networks.

Details of the security update were only published Monday to Microsoft’s Security Update Guide, the catalog-like portal that earlier this year replaced the decades-old practice of delivering explanatory bulletins.

All supported versions of Windows received the update, according to the catalog listing, including Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016.

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Microsoft shuts down Krank with emergency Windows update

October 16, 2017 admin Security, windows

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:20:00 -0700

Microsoft today issued an emergency Windows security update to patch vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol used to secure wireless networks.

Details of the security update were published to Microsoft’s Security Update Guide, the catalog-like portal that earlier this year replaced the decades-old practice of delivering explanatory bulletins.

All supported versions of Windows will receive the update, according to the catalog listing, including Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016.

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Microsoft’s October Patch Batch Fixes 62 Flaws

October 16, 2017 admin adobe, Bishop Fox, Checkpoint, Flash Player, October 2017 patch tuesday, office, Other, reader, sans internet storm center, SEC Consult, windows, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows subsystem for Linux

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:18:40 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday released software updates to fix at least 62 security vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and other software. Two of those flaws were detailed publicly before yesterday’s patches were released, and one of them is already being exploited in active attacks, so attackers already have a head start.

ComputerWorld Independent

Microsoft's anti-malware sniffing service powers Edge to top spot in browser blocking tests

October 14, 2017 admin Browsers, Security, software, windows

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 12:58:00 -0700

Microsoft’s Edge browser, the default in Windows 10, blocked a higher percentage of phishing and socially-engineered malware (SEM) attacks than Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox, a Texas security testing firm said Friday.

According to NSS Labs of Austin, Tex., Edge automatically blocked 92% of all in-browser credential phishing attempts and stymied 100% of all SEM attacks. The latter encompassed a wide range of attacks, but their common characteristic was that they tried to trick users into downloading malicious code. The tactics that SEM attackers deploy include links from social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, and bogus in-browser notifications of computer infections or other problems.

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Early reports of myriad Microsoft Patch Tuesday problems

October 11, 2017 admin Security, windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 04:28:00 -0700

This month’s massive bundle of Patch Tuesday patches almost certainly contains more than a few surprises, and they’re only starting to surface. Here’s a rundown of what I’ve seen in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

There are lots of reports of delayed, failed and rolled back installations of KB 4041676, the Win10 Creators Update (version 1703) monthly cumulative update, which brings 1703 up to build 15063.674. A quick glance at the KB article confirms that there are dozens and dozens of fixes in this cumulative update — a remarkable state of affairs, considering the Fall Creators Update, version 1709, is due on Oct. 17.

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