April 5, 2025
Hello all, Apache had a bad week with two vulnerabilities, the first in Parquet, and the second in Tomcat. Ivanti has another zero-day, Apple updated a lot of items, CrushFTP has some drama going on, and Microsoft celebrated 50 years.…
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March 29, 2025
(For a video version of my introductory comments, click here.) Hello all, This has been an interesting week with the variety of severe vulnerabilities reported, and the types and numbers of breached or compromised organizations, some of which are massive.…
March 22, 2025
(For a video version of the introduction below, click here) Hello all, Unlike last week’s patch-release frenzy, things dropped back to our normal harried pace this week. We did receive warnings about some pretty nasty defects from the likes of…
February 1, 2025
(Select here for a video version of my opening commentary) Hello all, Unless your system administrators programmed your web and email filters to block it, the news of the week has been DeepSeek AI, the gains and pitfalls of this…
January 25, 2025
(Select here for a video version of my opening commentary) Hello all, After Microsoft’s record-breaking number of defect and flaw patches last week, I figured that this week we’d be safe from onslaught. Was I ever wrong! Oracle decided to…
December 21, 2024
Hello all, Despite the upcoming winter break, the news does not sleep. There was a lot of activity in the prior week that was interesting, disturbing, and some was even delighting. So, let’s get to the cyber news. As usual,…
December 7, 2024
Hello all, It has been a busy week with security related news. The Chinese hack into telecommunication providers continues to dominate, with government agencies urging everyone to use encrypted messaging and communication apps and processes due to the depth and…
July 20, 2024
Hello all, It started out as a normal week with a few critical updates, and the normal onslaught of attacks, vulnerability reveals, and good-guy victories. Then Friday came. If you’ve been on vacation, or oblivious to the news, in the…
June 22, 2024
Hello all, The news was somewhat light this week, meaning that the number of critical items seems low to me. But we’ve still got plenty for you to read about, so onward. The volume of news and other can appear…
June 15, 2024
Hello all, Patch Tuesday was about as expected with Microsoft releasing their set of updates and fixes. What is interesting is that an increasing number of other vendors appear to be adopting the same cadence. Time will tell if this…
April 27, 2024
Hello all, Artificial Intelligence continues to get a bit more adroit. Vulnerabilities continue to show up. And despicable individuals continue to do their dastardly deeds. So, we continue to fight on in our battle to expose the dark underbelly of…
April 20, 2024
Hello all, This week was blissfully quiet in comparison to last week’s flood of items that screamed for attention. Note the in comparison… there are still plenty of vulnerabilities, reveals, patches, and interesting news items, and if your enterprise is…