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May Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

May Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

Microsoft has announced their May 2013 advanced notification.  The May edition of Patch Tuesday will include 10 security bulletins. Microsoft is working to have the Internet Explorer Security Update to address the issue described in Security Advisory 2847140, supplementing the currently available Fix it. Security Bulletin breakdown: 2 bulletins are rated as Critical 8 bulletins [...]

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vCenter Protect 9.0 Beta is Live!

vCenter Protect 9.0 Beta is Live!

Hey All, We have a big week this week.  We have a HUGE release coming with vCenter Protect 9.0.  The product is in public beta as of yesterday.  We have many amazing new features like Cloud Agents, Hypervisor Patching, 64 bit Edition, a host of UI and usability improvements, the list goes on and on. [...]

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March 2013 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

March 2013 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

Microsoft announced their March 2013 advanced notification for Patch Tuesday.   The March edition of Patch Tuesday will be bringing seven security bulletins, six of which will be supported in vCenter Protect.  The seventh is a patch on Office for Mac. Security Bulletin Breakdown: 4 bulletins are rated as Critical 3 bulletins are rated as Important 3 bulletins address vulnerabilities that could lead [...]

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When We Stop Being Human

When We Stop Being Human

Terence McKenna talks about the Singularity and Change Change is a constant, and however we might  forget or passively ignore the fact, it is happening behind our backs, in front of our eyes, above our heads, and at a corner we have not bothered hearing about. For me, the change we have let slide passively [...]

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February 2013 Patch Tuesday Overview

February 2013 Patch Tuesday Overview

This week New York gets hammered with snow and IT Admins get hammered with patches.  Microsoft has released 12 new security bulletins addressing 55 vulnerabilities.  The number of vulnerabilities this month comes very close to the record 64 vulnerabilities resolved in the April 2011 Patch Tuesday. Of the 12 bulletins released this Patch Tuesday, 5 are critical. [...]

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VoIP Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Consider When Assessing Business Phone Systems

VoIP Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Consider When Assessing Business Phone Systems

Are you thinking of switching to or investing in a VoIP system for your company? VoIP offers numerous benefits — ease of use and reduced cost being just two — but with increased benefits can come increased risk. Our complimentary white paper will honestly and succinctly assess the vulnerabilities associated with VoIP systems and then [...]

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January 2013 Patch Tuesday Overview

January 2013 Patch Tuesday Overview

To ring in the New Year, today Microsoft has released seven new security bulletins addressing 12 vulnerabilities. However, the most notable headline from this Patch Tuesday is a security bulletin that was not released.  On December 29, 2012, Microsoft released a security advisory (2794220) informing administrators of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer was currently being [...]

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Computer Scientists Find Vulnerabilities in Cisco VoIP Phones

Computer Scientists Find Vulnerabilities in Cisco VoIP Phones

Columbia Engineering’s Computer Science PhD candidate Ang Cui and Computer Science Professor Salvatore Stolfo have found serious vulnerabilities in Cisco VoIP (voice over internet protocol) telephones, devices used around the world by a broad range of networked organizations from governments to banks to major corporations, and beyond. In particular, they have discovered troubling security breaches [...]

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January 2013 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

January 2013 Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification

To ring in the New Year, Microsoft has announced their January 2013 advanced notification for Patch Tuesday.  The January 2013 edition of Patch Tuesday will be bringing seven security bulletins addressing 12 vulnerabilities. Security Bulletin Breakdown: 2 bulletins are rated as Critical 5 bulletins are rated as Important 2 bulletins addressing vulnerabilities that could lead [...]

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December 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

December 2012 Patch Tuesday Overview

For December 2012 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released seven new security bulletins addressing 12 vulnerabilities.  This month’s Patch Tuesday is affects every Microsoft operating system and every supported version of Microsoft Internet Explorer.  All machines on an administrator’s network will need to be patched this month. There are two security bulletins that will need to [...]

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