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Googles smartphone OS latest update comes with security updates for Android versions 8.1, 9, 10, 11

Source: Windows Central On April 13, Microsoft made available the update KB5001330 for computers running the Windows 10 October 2020 Update and May 2020 Update to address several issues and finally replace the legacy version of Microsoft Edge with the new Chromium version of the browser. However, it appears that the rollout is not going as smoothly as the company would have hoped. Shortly after the update became available, a small number of users started reporting various issues. For example, o...

Microsoft fixes a mass of serious flaws with the latest Windows 10 updates -- but what has it broken this time? Another Patch Tuesday has rolled around, and this month sees Microsoft releasing a bumper crop of update for Windows 10. In all, Aprils updates address a total of 108 flaws, 19 of which are considered Critical. Four of the critical flaws are Exchange vulnerabilities discovered by the NSA, and there are also fixes for no fewer than five zero days. The patches also include fixes for an ...

Microsoft April 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 108 flaws, 5 zero-days By Today is Microsofts April 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes five zero-day vulnerabilities and more Critical Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. It has been a tough couple of months for Windows and Microsoft Exchange admins, and it looks like April wont be any easier, so please be nice to your IT staff today. With todays update, Microsoft has fixed 108 vulnerabilities, with 19 classified as Critical and 89 as Important. Thes...

South Korean firm extends security updates for its devices

 (TechRepublic)  And while ransomware is the most high profile form of cybercrime targeting businesses, its BEC scams that are the most financially damaging. "When you look at some of the data thats come out comparing business email compromise to things like ransomware, business email compromise by far comprises the most amount of financial loss for businesses, all over the world," Crane Hassold, senior director of threat research at Agari, told ZDNets Security Update video series. The FBI l...

Microsoft recently rolled out a new build of Windows 10 to Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels. The update doesn't include any new features, but it does include several fixes.

Thinkstock Microsoft recently changed how it presents and explains its security vulnerabilities in its products. The new security guide aligns itself with security and industry standards by describing the vulnerabilities with the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), which presents a vulnerability’s key characteristics and assigns a numerical score to its severity. The intent of that score is to help organizations better assess a vulnerability’s risk and respond appropr...

>> what weve seen here is the most outrageous, the most egregious example of a company not doing what it needs to do when it comes to protecting consumer information. >> and theres even more to it. and we have developments just today, and that is the company said early on, equifax said that there was a vulnerability in some software they were using. a web application made by apache software, an open source software. keep in mind the security breach occurred from mid may to mid july. but here is ...

>> neil: all right. what youre seeing there, reporters staking out senator burr, the man that leads the senate intelligence committee and his democratic counterpart. were getting the latest security update, including theresa may of britain saying this breach and sharing information with the americans not good. we assume theyll both be talking about that. rick leventhal with the latest on the hunt for accomplices. rick? >> neil, we have breaking news. police were searching, issuing -- carrying ou...