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One of the newer players in ransomware called Cerber apparently has a flaw in it's decryption mechanism, so if you get hit with this malware there is a tool to decrypt your data available. Check Point Software Technologies: Network Security, Firewalls, and Threat Prevention Solutions

Original release date: July 05, 2016 Systems Affected All Symantec and Norton branded antivirus products Overview Symantec and Norton branded antivirus products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Some of these products are in widespread use throughout government and industry. Exploitation of...

Revision Note: V1.0 (May 10, 2016): Advisory published. Summary: FalseStart allows the TLS client to send application data before receiving and verifying the server Finished message. This allows an attacker to launch a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack to force the TLS client to encrypt the first...

Revision Note: V1.0 (May 10, 2016): Advisory published. Summary: FalseStart allows the TLS client to send application data before receiving and verifying the server Finished message. This allows an attacker to launch a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack to force the TLS client to encrypt the first...

Asking to my Community. I want to know how to prevent the access to Webpages, social media, etc. that allow me to block the access to online of certain websites, social media and others.

How do I turn in a software pirate to Microsoft? I have a roommate that has a pirated/unpaid for version of Windows 7 Ultimate on his pc. Person, is starting to be a pain & and payback is a bitch. Especially, when it comes from a non-thief, that pays for everything he has. I let him on my...

I have noticed that a number of applications give themselves permission to get through the firewall. No matter how many times I deny these apps access through the firewall they seem to mysteriously regain permission. Since the last time I unticked all of the following, they are all re ticked...

Hello guys, im writing engineering work, and i need some books(title of books, something that can help me), my topic is : identity management in server systems ( windows server 2012) , if you can help me i will be grateful. Cheers from Poland.

mac, win 10 pc and win 7 pc are networked (home network - WORKGROUP). whenever i try to access the win 7 files from win 10, it ask for a network credentials pw. the mac, win 10, and win 7 computers all have the same login pw. other than that i have never assigned any other pw to either of...

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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 8, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Active Directory. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an authenticated attacker creates multiple machine accounts. To exploit the...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Microsoft...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker forces an encrypted Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 2.0 session with a...

Have windows 7 pro desktop and windows 7 pro wireless laptop. trying to access the desktop ip 192.168.1.142 from the laptop....it use to work...both are on same router/switch... PINGS work in both directions and with both IP address and name. Connection is denied both ways... Router was...

I recently moved into a new place; it's a roommate situation, and our wifi is in my roommate's name. But my roommate has been threatening to change things so that only he has access to the wifi, and then I'll have to make some other arrangements if I want internet. This is because he's...

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Original release date: April 30, 2015 Systems Affected Networked systems Overview Securing end-to-end communications plays an important role in protecting privacy and preventing some forms of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. Recently, researchers described a MITM attack used to inject...

Original release date: April 29, 2015 Systems Affected Systems running unpatched software from Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle, or OpenSSL. Overview Cyber threat actors continue to exploit unpatched software to conduct attacks against critical infrastructure organizations. As many as 85 percent of...

Original release date: April 09, 2015 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8 Microsoft Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, and Server 2012 Overview AAEH is a family of polymorphic downloaders created with the primary purpose of downloading other...