Don't sit down! Patch ALL Windows AGAIN! Microsoft fixes THIRD Hacking Team hole

Tech | 206819 hits | Jul 21 6:53 am | Posted by: DrCaleb

All supported versions of Windows now need to be patched - again - to fix an urgent remote code-execution vulnerability emerging from the ongoing Hacking Team hack fiasco. Details of the vulnerability were found and reported to Microsoft by security re

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by DrCaleb
Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:19 pm
Right after I posted this story, I got a forced patch notification that my desktop needs to be updated immediately. Whatever it is, it's serious!
by BartSimpson
Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:02 pm
Thanks for posting this! We get a little advance notice on these things and we patched it on Monday morning.
by DrCaleb
Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:37 pm
"BartSimpson" said
Thanks for posting this! We get a little advance notice on these things and we patched it on Monday morning.

Happy to help!

It's a vulnerability in Adobe Type Fonts. Nasty, but easy to mitigate:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lib ... 5-078.aspx
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/deta ... -2015-2426
by BartSimpson
Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:43 pm
We're pretty soon moving to Adobe as a virtual service and that will close those vulnerabilities permanently.
by herbie
Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:05 pm
Jeez now I'm afraid to carry my laptop in the Jeep....
by DrCaleb
Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:23 pm
"herbie" said
Jeez now I'm afraid to carry my laptop in the Jeep....

I see what you did there.
by BRAH
Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:23 pm
FFS, this is annoying as my Note4 app updates.

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