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IE zero day and heap of RDP flaws fixed in February Patch Tuesday Microsoft has finally patched the Internet Explorer (IE) zero-day flaw the company said in January was being used in “limited targeted attacks”.

Is the Y2K bug alive after all? One way to patch the millennium bug was to move it, rather than actually to fix it… are we looking at Y2.02K?

Check for your firmware updates. And use a good password!

VPNFilter – is a malware timebomb lurking on your router? A Cisco paper reports on zombie malware that has apparently infected more than 500,000 home routers.

Update. Improve your process so you aren't dependent on Flash.

Flash zero-day exploit. Act now! A newly discovered flaw in the Flash Player is being exploited in the wild – update Flash, or remove it.

Oh this should be fun!

And by fun, I mean, time to apply firmware updates.

Worries over Intel’s Mangement Engine grow after new flaws found What is the world’s most widely-used operating system on new PCs? Windows? Guess again.

Do not buy these. Do not sell these.

Kids’ smartwatches harbouring major security flaws Norwegian Consumer Council says “these watches should be in no stores, even less so on a child’s arm”

Update immediately if you are using the 32-bit version. 64-bit version is clean.

Avast Unknowingly Bundled Malware With CCleaner For Almost A Month Antivirus maker Avast allowed its recently acquired CCleaner software to distribute malware to users for almost a month.

How much is this meta data worth anyway?

Hit App Sarahah Quietly Uploads Your Address Book A security researcher with the firm Bishop Fox caught the app uploading emails and phone numbers right after it is first launched.

This is how technology should work!

The Immigrant Who Saved Carbonite - G20 Ventures - Medium Mohamad Ali knew just how to save Carbonite, applying a formula he perfected at IBM, Avaya, and HP.

If you fall for this, you kind of deserve it.

Fake hot-babe spears businessmen on LinkedIn The targets were all mid-level employees with elevated access, all young and all male.