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Twitter Now More Secure With HTTPS

Apr 2nd, 2011
by David.
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If you are one of the millions of worldwide users of Twitter, your online interaction and security with the twitter.com site has now been greatly enhanced by the implementation of the HTTPS protocol.

Essentially, a HTTPS connection to their site means that all data sent and received is encrypted. This is an extremely important security precaution for you, and even more so if you connect to the internet from an unencrypted and unsecured wifi hotspot. Without encryption, other users on that wifi hotspot can capture all of your data and potentially use if for nefarious purposes.

Twitter users can now set their accounts to only connect via HTTPS by enabling this setting in their account settings.

For the full details check out this article from the Twitter blog.

blog.twitter.com/2011/03/making-twitter-more-secure-https.html

Microsoft Security Updates For March 2011

Mar 10th, 2011
by David.
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Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in March 2011.

Please ensure to patch your software as required.

Here are the new security updates:

Latest Security Updates

  • MS11-015 – Addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (KB 2510030
  • MS11-016 – Addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 2494047
  • MS11-017 – Addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2508062

Go to the Microsoft site for further information.

Microsoft Security Updates For February 2011

Feb 9th, 2011
by David.
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Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in February 2011.

Please ensure to patch your software as required.

Here are the new security updates:

Latest Security Updates

  • MS11-003 – Addresses vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (KB 2482017)
  • MS11-004 – Addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2489256)
  • MS11-005 – Addresses a vulnerability in Windows Server (KB 2478953)
  • MS11-006 – Addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2483185)
  • MS11-007 – Addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2485376)
  • MS11-008 – Addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (KB 2451879)
  • MS11-009 – Addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2475792)
  • MS11-010 – Addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2476687)
  • MS11-011 – Addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (KB 2393802)
  • MS11-012 – Addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (KB 2479628)
  • MS11-013 – Addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (KB 2496930)
  • MS11-014 – Addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2478960

Go to the Microsoft site for further information.

Microsoft Security Updates For January 2011

Jan 16th, 2011
by David.
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Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in January 2011.

Please ensure to patch your software as required.

Here are the new security updates:

Latest Security Updates

  • MS11-001 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2478935)
  • MS11-002 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (KB 2451910)

Go to the Microsoft site for further information.

Microsoft Security Updates For December 2010

Dec 15th, 2010
by David.
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Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in December 2010.

Please ensure to patch your software as required.

Here are the new security updates:

Latest Security Updates

  • MS10-090 – addresses vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (KB 2416400)
  • MS10-091 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (KB 2296199)
  • MS10-092 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2305420)
  • MS10-093 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2424434)
  • MS10-094 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2447961)
  • MS10-095 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2385678)
  • MS10-096 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2423089)
  • MS10-097 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2443105)
  • MS10-098 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (KB 2436673)
  • MS10-099 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2440591)
  • MS10-100 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2442962)
  • MS10-101 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows Server (KB 2207559)
  • MS10-102 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows Server (KB 2345316)
  • MS10-103 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (KB 2292970)
  • MS10-104 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server (KB 2455005)
  • MS10-105 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (KB 968095)
  • MS10-106 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server (KB 2407132)

Go to the Microsoft site for further information.

Check Your Browser Plugins

Dec 8th, 2010
by David.
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When did you last check that your browsers plugins had the latest, most secure versions?

If, like the rest of us you haven’t done it in a while, here is the easy way.

Simply go to mozilla.com/plugincheck using any and all browsers you have installed on your computer.

Outdated plugins can be a serious security risk and should therefore always be kept up to date. Using the latest versions can have the added benefit of better or enhanced features.

WordPress 3.0.2 Now Available

Dec 2nd, 2010
by David.
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WordPress 3.0.2 is now available and is a mandatory security update for all previous WordPress versions. Get it from wordpress.org

Read more about this release at wordpress.org/news/2010/11/wordpress-3-0-2/

Microsoft Security Updates For November 2010

Nov 11th, 2010
by David.
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Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in November 2010.

Please ensure to patch your software as required.

Here are the new security updates:

Latest Security Updates

  • MS10-087 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (KB 2423930)
  • MS10-088 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (KB 2293386)
  • MS10-089 – addresses vulnerabilities in Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) (KB 2316074)

Go to the Microsoft site for further information.

Microsoft Security Updates For October 2010

Oct 13th, 2010
by David.
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Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in October 2010.

Please ensure to patch your software as required.

Here are the new security updates:

Latest Security Updates

  • MS10-071 – addresses vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (KB 2360131)
  • MS10-072 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Server Software (KB 2412048)
  • MS10-073 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (KB 981957)
  • MS10-074 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2387149)
  • MS10-075 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2281679)
  • MS10-076 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 982132)
  • MS10-077 – addresses a vulnerability in .NET Framework (KB 2160841)
  • MS10-078 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (KB 2279986)
  • MS10-079 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (KB 2293194)
  • MS10-080 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (KB 2293211)
  • MS10-081 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2296011)
  • MS10-082 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player (KB 2378111)
  • MS10-083 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2405882)
  • MS10-084 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2360937)
  • MS10-085 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2207566)
  • MS10-086 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2294255)

Go to the Microsoft site for further information.

Microsoft Security Updates For September 2010

Sep 15th, 2010
by David.
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Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in September 2010.

Please ensure to patch your software as required.

Here are the new security updates:

Latest Security Updates

  • MS10-061 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2347290)
  • MS10-062 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 975558)
  • MS10-063 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office (KB 2320113)
  • MS10-064 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 2315011)
  • MS10-065 – addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Services (KB 2267960)
  • MS10-066 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 982802)
  • MS10-067 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2259922)
  • MS10-068 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 983539)
  • MS10-069 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 2121546)

Go to the Microsoft site for further information.

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