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By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

December 14, SecurityWeek – (International) Apple patches 72 vulnerabilities in macOS Sierra. Apple released version 10.12.2 of its Sierra operating system (OS) patching a total of 72 vulnerabilities in Apache, Audio, Bluetooth, security, the kernel, and Disk Images, among other components, after security researchers discovered that the flaws could be exploited to cause an application to enter a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, leak memory data, and o... read more.

• December 15, 2016

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

December 12, Help Net Security – (International) New AirDroid releases fix major security issues. The AirDroid team released mobile version 4.0.0.3 and Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac version 3.3.5.3 of its remote management tool for Android after Zimperium security researchers found the app does not verify if a served update is legitimate, and sends and receives information over insecure channels, thereby exposing users on unsecured networks to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. In addition to the sec... read more.

• December 14, 2016

By Ken Phelan, Posted in Security

As a consultant, I give a lot of advice. There’s one piece of advice that I never give. I’ll never tell you to quit your job, not to your face anyway. There are a few reasons for this. First of all, your company is paying for the advice, not you, so professionally I need to act in their best interests. Secondly, it’s generally precluded by the contracts I have with my customers. Thirdly, it’s just kind of a jerk move. But frankly, it’s one of the things I’m often thinkin... read more.

• December 13, 2016

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

December 9, SecurityWeek – (International) Yahoo pays out $10,000 bounty for critical mail flaw. A security researcher from Finland-based software company Klikki Oy discovered a critical flaw in Yahoo! Mail that could allow attackers to steal a user’s emails and create a worm that spreads by attaching itself to outgoing emails. The researcher found the flaw is related to code inserted into an email when a victim uses the “Share files from cloud providers” attachment option to attach... read more.

• December 12, 2016

By Celeste Collins, Posted in Technology Week in Review

December 5, 2016 Chad Sakac, head of Dell EMC’s Converged Platforms Division, is laying out a strategy for how the company will play in the storage and server market to take advantage of what the company estimates to be an $85 billion opportunity. Microsoft Ventures, Microsoft’s venture-funding group, has been adding more companies to its investment portfolio over the last couple of months. Splunk helps FamilySearch gain agility in the cloud. December 6, 2016 Check Point has long been known... read more.

• December 12, 2016

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

December 8, SecurityWeek – (International) August stealer uses PowerShell for fileless infection. Proofpoint security researchers warned that a new information stealing malware, dubbed August leverages Microsoft Word documents containing malicious macros, which once enabled, launch a PowerShell command to download and install the August stealer on a machine for a fileless infection. The malicious payload is downloaded from a remote site as a PowerShell byte array, and targets customer service and mana... read more.

• December 09, 2016

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

December 7, SecurityWeek – (International) Windows 10 Creators Update brings new security capabilities. Microsoft reported that the Windows 10 Creators Update, which is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2017, will include several security enhancements including improved detection, intelligence, and remediation capabilities in Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), a feature that will link the Windows Security Center to Office 365 ATP to allow administrators to track a threat across... read more.

• December 08, 2016

By Celeste Collins, Posted in Technology Week in Review

November 21, 2016 NetApp CEO George Kurian discusses the cloud, hyper-converged infrastructure, and a very successful fiscal quarter. Symantec will acquire U.S. identity theft protection services company, LifeLock, for $2.3 billion, in a deal that it hopes will prop up sales at its Norton cybersecurity unit. Dell EMC announced availability of a new Dell EMC NetWorker with CloudBoost solution for added protection of enterprise applications running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) as well as the extension of t... read more.

• December 08, 2016

By Celeste Collins, Posted in Technology Week in Review

November 28, 2016 A mystery bug prevented Outlook.com users from accessing or syncing their accounts from apps and smartphones, but Microsoft says it’s found a fix. AppSense has been selected as Citrix Ready Partner of the Month from more than 1,000 Citrix Ready Independent Software Vendors. IGEL Technology, a world leader in the delivery of powerful workspace management software, IGEL Linux-powered thin clients, zero clients, and all-in-one thin client solutions, announced that CRN has recognized... read more.

• December 08, 2016

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

December 5, SecurityWeek – (International) Chrome 55 patches 36 flaws, blocks Flash by default. Google released Chrome 55 patching a total of 36 security flaws including 12 high risk flaws in PDFium, Blink, DevTools, and V8, as well as 9 medium severity issues, and 5 low risk flaws, among other patched vulnerabilities. In addition to resolving the security flaws, Chrome 55 enhances user security by blocking Websites that contain Adobe Flash content out-of-the-box. Source December 5, U.S. Department o... read more.

• December 07, 2016