user awareness

Today we released Security Advisory 2896666 regarding an issue that affects customers using Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Office 2003 through 2010, and all supported versions of Microsoft Lync. We are aware of targeted attacks, largely in the Middle East and South...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (October 8, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker hosts a website that contains a specially...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V2.1 (July 9, 2013): Bulletin revised to announce a detection change that excludes Windows 7 language packs from the 2485376 update for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2. This is a detection change only. Customers who have already...

We have updated Security Advisory 2847140 to include an easy, one-click Fix it to address the known attack vectors. The Fix it is available to all customers and helps prevent known attacks that leverage the vulnerability to execute code and should not affect your ability to browse the Web...

Link Removed I felt like mentioning this cause maybe some Folks aren't realizing it. People might hear about Clouds Services & off-premise data storage; to most average users/consumers would mean little, if anything. Some people have more than 1 drive or partition in their machine & may or...

I'm going to post this in efforts to help prevent individuals from getting a possible Virus. I've known this for a while now, and the fact is, Digital Signatures may not all be legit. Therefore, not all are to be trusted. It is possible to modify a file and append junk data to EOF of a file...

How many times I have heard a client say, "I dunno how that happened, I had Norton". I do know that to many reading this I am singing to the choir but, just as point of interest... Today I worked on 2 computers for a client. Both had Norton; it was removed & MSE installed. Malwarebytes was...

I thought this was a thought provoking article I came upon recently. Here it is followed by the peice ofFeedback I had added to the others under the article. Link Removed Link Removed due to 404 ErrorThere are certain basics & best practices that must be met or exist... being/keeping current...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (October 11, 2011): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Media Center. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user to...

A recent look at computer security shows online identity theft scams becoming easy for nefarious individuals who prey on those who lack essential security updates. Anyone experienced in the business need only to look at the serious manner of many, many businesses still running Windows XP without...

Severity Rating: Moderate - Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2011): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if a user visits a network share (or visits a Web site that points...

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The hardest part of talking about computer security is getting everyone to agree on the nature of the problem. Most users believe that Macs are safe and Windows has tons of viruses and malware. This trend is changing. Read Full Story: Trojans, viruses, worms: How does malware get on PCs...

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.0 (June 14, 2011): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted SMB response to a...

There's a new malware attack on Facebook and it's significant for multiple reasons. This attack is particular spreads through bogus links, and it appears to change form in line with news events. While there have been several similar scams in the past, they've usually involved tricking users...

IDG News Service - The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious. In fact, about one out of every 14 programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious, Link Removed...

Microsoft’s next-gen OS, Windows 8 , will be user-aware according to the latest APIs discovered, suggesting the platform could well be able to track and identify users when they sit at their PCs. Windows8Italia spotted the “Detect human presence” API in among their M1 copy of Windows 8...

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the JScript and VBScript scripting engines. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visited a specially crafted...