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Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices

TechCrunch

The Internet of Things has a security problem. The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices, from sensors through to webcams and smart home tech, often manufactured in bulk but with little — if any — consideration to security. Security veteran Window Snyder thinks there is a better way.

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CVE-2020-1350: Wormable Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows DNS Server Disclosed (SIGRed)

Tenable

Researchers disclose a 17-year old wormable flaw in Windows DNS servers. On July 14, Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) Server as part of Patch Tuesday for July 2020. According to the researchers, the vulnerability has persisted in Windows DNS Server for 17 years. Background.

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Microsoft’s February 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 99 CVEs Including Internet Explorer Zero-Day (CVE-2020-0674)

Tenable

This month’s updates include patches for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office Service and Web Apps, Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool and Windows Surface Hub. Maddie Stone (@maddiestone) February 11, 2020.

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February 2024 Patch Tuesday

Ivanti

Microsoft updates this month impact the Windows OS, Office 365, Edge, Windows Defender, Sharepoint, SQL Server, Exchange Server,Net (reissued), multiple Azure components and a few odds and ends. Starting with the reissue: Microsoft reissued a spoofing vulnerability in Windows AppX Installer ( CVE-2021-43890 ). base score of 7.5

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NSA Urges Legacy Windows Users to Patch BlueKeep Vulnerability

Kaseya

The National Security Agency (NSA) has jumped into the fray recently with an advisory urging Microsoft Windows administrators and users to patch older versions of Windows. It affects Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 and 2008. This vulnerability is in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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NSA Urges Legacy Windows Users to Patch BlueKeep Vulnerability

Kaseya

The National Security Agency (NSA) has jumped into the fray recently with an advisory urging Microsoft Windows administrators and users to patch older versions of Windows. It affects Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 and 2008. This vulnerability is in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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How to incubate a winning innovation program

CIO

In 1995, Microsoft launched Internet Explorer and, by bundling it with its winning Windows 95 product, swiftly eclipsed Navigator as the leading browser. Then in 2016, Google beat Internet Explorer with its Chrome browser, attaining this success on the strength of Google’s superior search technology.