(For a video version of the introduction below, click here.) Hello all, This past week was Patch Tuesday for Microsoft and several other vendors. Apparently feeling that it should be Patch Week instead of just one day, Juniper and VMware…
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(Click here to see a video version of this week’s introduction) 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,…
(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.…
(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…
(For a video version of the introduction below, click here) Hello all, Patch Tuesday from Microsoft and others came in with the March winds and left us a bit of a mess. Microsoft has six zero-days and six critical updates.…
(Click here for a video version of the introduction) Hello all, Microsoft continued to have some sporadic issues this past week, but nowhere near as widespread as they had the prior weekend. Hopefully, by the time this makes it to…
For a video version of the introduction below, click here. Hello all, This past Saturday, much of the world experienced Microsoft service disruptions. Big Redmond has now restored services, blaming the failure on a code change saying that they’ve “reverted…
(For a video version of the introduction below, go to my LinkedIn post.) Hello all, This was somewhat of an interstitial week with less headline defects and vulnerabilities, but it was balanced by plenty of other news items. Some of…
(Select here for a video version of my introductory comments from below) Hello all, Patch Tuesday came in with only a small bang this month with 4 zero days, two of which are under active exploitation, and 55 flaws. A…
(For a video of the introduction below, click here) Hello all, Last week didn’t bring us too many surprises. DeepSeek’s AI model is proving to be effective, but their security and AI guardrails have been demonstrated to be practically nonexistent.…
(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…