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Why Everyone should uninstall QuickTime Now!

Yesterday US-Cert released a security alert about two new critical vulnerabilities in in QuickTime for Windows. As Apple has announced that they are no longer supporting QuickTime and will not be fixing these vulnerabilities, it is suggested that you uninstall this program from your computer.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 15, 2016
- 05:12 PM
- 3
Adobe releases the Flash Player 21.0.0.213 emergency update to resolve Critical Vulnerabilities

Adobe has released an emergency update to resolve critical vulnerabilities in their Adobe Flash Player product. The new version is 21.0.0.213 and resolves critical vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of your computer.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 08, 2016
- 11:00 AM
- 2
Adobe releases Security Advisory on Critical Vulnerability CVE-2016-1019

Adobe released an updated security advisory yesterday regarding a critical vulnerability (CVE-2016-1019) that exists in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier versions. Though an emergency update may be released tomorrow, all Flash users are advised to immediately upgrade to the latest version.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 06, 2016
- 08:30 PM
- 1
QuickTime Update addresses Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A security update has been released for QuickTime that resolves numerous remote code execution and application termination vulnerabilities. QuickTime 7.7.9 has been released to fix these updates and all users are advised to install it immediately.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 08, 2016
- 12:10 PM
- 0
VMware issues Security Advisory for Shared Folders Feature

A security advisory has been released by VMware for a Windows-based guest privilege escalation vulnerability that affects VMware ESXi, Fusion, Player, and Workstation. It is suggested that all users of these products upgrade to the latest patch immediately.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 07, 2016
- 10:03 PM
- 0
Zero Day GRUB2 Vulnerability Exposed

A new zero-day vulnerability was discovered for the Grub bootloader that allows attackers to bypass Grub password authentication. A security notice released by researchers Hector Marco & Ismael Ripoll states that Grub versions 1.98 (December, 2009) through 2.02 (December, 2015) are affected by this bug.
- Pranav Jituri
- December 18, 2015
- 03:20 PM
- 0

Why Everyone should uninstall QuickTime Now!

Adobe releases the Flash Player 21.0.0.213 emergency update to resolve Critical Vulnerabilities

Adobe releases Security Advisory on Critical Vulnerability CVE-2016-1019

QuickTime Update addresses Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

VMware issues Security Advisory for Shared Folders Feature

Zero Day GRUB2 Vulnerability Exposed