January 20, 2020
Cisco Smart Install Feature Still Poses Significant Security Vulnerability
Overview Assura does a significant amount of penetration tests for our clients and we like…
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January 17, 2020
PATCH NOW: Two Severe Vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s First “Patch Tuesday” of 2020
Overview If you haven't already heard about these in the press, we're here to tell…
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January 14, 2020
Iranian Espionage/Cyber Warfare Threat Briefing
Overview Our friends and partners at Dark Web intelligence firm IntSights have an excellent (and…
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January 14, 2020
Today is the Day that Windows 7 and Server 2008/r2 Security Updates End
Overview If you're in IT (and haven't been living under a rock), you know that…
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January 7, 2020
DHS Releases Alert for Potential Iranian Cyber Attacks in Response to U.S. Military Strike in Baghdad
Overview On Monday, January 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
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October 15, 2019
Vulnerability in Linux “sudo” Command Permits Anyone to Run Commands as Root
OVERVIEW Yesterday (October 14, 2019), a vulnerability was disclosed in the Linux Sudo command (CVE-2019-14287)…
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August 7, 2019
New Major Flaw Found in Intel and (Possibly) AMD Processors
Good afternoon- Overview Last night US-CERT (the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Response Team)…
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August 2, 2019
Cyber Heads-Up: Week of July 29th
Good morning! This week, we’ve got a doozie for you. As usual, the bad guys…
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May 21, 2019
Cyber Heads-up: Week of May 20, 2019
Good morning- Last week was a very active week in the world of cyber threats.…
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May 6, 2019
New MegaCortex Ransomware Leverages Existing Malware Infections
Good morning- Overview Sophos is reporting a sudden spike in a ransomware strain that it…
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