Sony hacked, held ransom, shut down – or not?
Is this a sign of things to come? Geek.com story The Guardians of Peace (#GOP) hacked Sony Pictures Some specific details are on Reddit.com When one person downloaded the stolen…
Microsoft issues out-of-band patch – but wait for now.
MS14-068 has been issued an out-of-band patch, as mentioned at Darkreading This is a Server patch – for Windows 2008, and Windows 2012 patch, this is a critical patch due…
Windows2003 security updates end Jul2015
US-CERT (Computer Emergeny Readyness Team) reminds us that Support is ending soon(July 14, 2015). Microsoft says there are 24 million instances still running 2003 server. It is time to upgrade,…
Patch Tuesday Report November 2014
Patch Tuesday has passed, but the ramifications have not. All over sysadmins are deciding what patches to apply and when. Here is the report of what is happening: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2992611 MS14-066…
Before patching IE11 install EMET5.1
Microsoft Security research and Defense Blog has the scoop: Also Internet Storm center Post “If you are using Internet Explorer 11, either on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, and have…