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October 16, 2017

Krebs Given ISSA’s ‘President’s Award’

This post was originally published on this site16Oct 17 Krebs Given ISSA’s ‘President’s Award’ KrebsOnSecurity was honored this month with the 2017 President’s Award for Public Service from the Information Systems Security Association, a nonprofit organization for cybersecurity professionals. The award recognizes an individual’s contribution to the information security profession in the area of public service. It’s hugely gratifying to have received this award, mainly because of the company I now keep. Past ISSA President’s Award winners include former White House cybersecurity advisers Richard A. Clarke (2003) and the late Howard Schmidt (2016); DEF CON and Black Hat founder Jeff […]

August 11, 2020

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2020 Edition

This post was originally published on this siteMicrosoft today released updates to plug at least 120 security holes in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including two newly discovered vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited. Yes, good people of the Windows world, it’s time once again to backup and patch up! At least 17 of the bugs squashed in August’s patch batch address vulnerabilities Microsoft rates as “critical,” meaning they can be exploited by miscreants or malware to gain complete, remote control over an affected system with little or no help from users. This is the sixth month in […]