So far this week (and it is only Monday), we have two POS breaches in the news. HEI Hotels and Resorts, which manages almost 60 hotels for Starwood, Hilton, Marriott and other chains announced that 20 of their locations, covering all of their brands, had suffered breaches. While they have not said how many cards […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Oracle has a love-hate relationship with security researchers. Actually, mostly hate. Given that Oracle finds enough of it’s own bugs – it released 193 patches in it’s July patch fest – maybe it doesn’t want people to find any more bugs. This all started when Oracle Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson wrote a rather […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Yesterday was Patch Tuesday. Microsoft had 14 bulletins, 5 of which they deemed critical, covering 59 vulnerabilities. Oracle released patches covering 193 vulnerabilities, including 25 Java patches, one of which is already being exploited in the wild. 44 of these vulnerabilities came from third party components. Of the 25 Java vulnerabilities fixed, 23 of […]
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