18
June
2019
Quick Summary A recently discovered, critical, flaw affecting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in multiple versions of Microsoft Windows has been discovered. Both Microsoft and the Department Of Homeland Security strongly urges all customers running affected operating systems to make sure their systems are patched immediately by running Windows Updates. The BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) Vulnerability BlueKeep (AKA: […]
27
June
2017
On Tuesday 6/27/2017 another massive ransomware attack hit the world. This one is known as ‘Petya’ appears to have originated from a highly sophisticated Russian strain of the WannaCry strand that hit back in May 2017. The ransomware, if launched, will encrypt all files on the user’s computer, making them unusable. The ‘worm’ also transmits […]
13
May
2017
URGENT Malware/Ransomware Newsletter – May 2017 As you may have heard, a new threat has emerged on the internet known as WannaCry (AKA Wcry and WannaCryptor), although the exploit is not new as far as what it does, this latest ransomware threat has already crippled companies overseas and has started to show up in the […]
8
April
2016
Adobe Flash Player – Emergency Update – April 2016 Adobe Flash Player – Emergency Update – April 2016 Adobe has released a critical patch for it’s popular Flash Player. This patch addresses a vulnerability that has been discovered allowing “drive-by” infections of ransomware and a flaw that can potentially allow an attacker to take control […]
29
March
2016
Malware And Ransomware Threats 2016 Malware And Ransomware Threats 2016 : DNS Texas is seeing a large increase in the amount of Phishing and malicious emails hitting our systems. As a result, we are providing this information so you can better protect yourself, in the event one of these malicious emails/files makes it to your […]
27
January
2015
POODLE Vulnerability In IIS – Windows ISSUE More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POODLE SSL “POODLE” vulnerability disclosed in September 2014. Allows for man-in-the-middle type data loss, which takes advantage of internet and security software clients fallback to SSL 3.0. This attack is not as serious as Heartbleed and Shellshock attacks that also hit earlier in 2014. This article […]