Despite a great start, the rate of patching OpenSSL servers against the critical Heartbleed vulnerability has slowed down to almost a halt. Around 300,000 servers remain vulnerable and many of them are unlikely to get patched anytime soon. View full post on Computerworld Cybercrime and Hacking News ________________ Other Sites…
Oracle Criticized for Not Patching Pair of Java Flaws Sooner (August 28 & 30, 2012)
There is now an exploit that takes advantage of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Java 7, and there are indications that Oracle may have known about the flaws since April……. View full post on SANS NewsBites For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post on…
VMware configuration management, patching best practices
How to use vSphere 5 tools to streamline configuration and patch management. <img alt="VMware configuration management, patching best practices, Blog, practices, Management, best., VMware, configuration, patching"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on SearchCloudSecurity: RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Oracle ‘thrown in towel’ on database patching, researcher claims
Oracle has been criticised by a security researcher for neglecting to patch its core database products, noting that the massive update proposed for January would set a record for the fewest fixes. Alex Rothacker, director of security research of Application Security’s TeamShatter vulnerability group, said that Oracle has “thrown in…
IBM, HP and Microsoft ‘slackest on patching bugs’
IBM, HP and Microsoft lead the list of companies that failed to patch vulnerabilities within six months of being notified by the world’s biggest bug bounty programme, according to HP TippingPoint’s Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI). During 2011, TippingPoint – a division of HP – released 29 “zero-day” advisories that provided information…
SSCC 77 – Thanksgiving patching, SCADA, Google WiFi mapping and Android security
Paul Ducklin joins Chet to talk about this week’s news including giving your friends and family a hand at Thanksgiving, Android security, SCADA hacking and Google’s WiFi mapping opt-out scheme. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security