Microsoft Patch Tuesday – October 2015

This month the vendor is releasing six bulletins covering a total of 33 vulnerabilities. Thirteen of this month's issues are rated Critical. Twitter Card Style:  summary Hello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This month the vendor is releasing six bulletins covering a total of 33 vulnerabilities. Thirteen of this month’s…

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TA15-286A: Dridex P2P Malware

Original release date: October 13, 2015 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Overview   Dridex, a peer-to-peer (P2P) bank credential-stealing malware, uses a decentralized network infrastructure of compromised personal computers and web servers to execute command-and-control (C2). The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department…

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Apple’s “Gatekeeper” in Mac OS X vulnerable to simple bypass

Researcher Patrick Wardle details security weakness in Apple’s “Gatekeeper” in Mac OS X that could allow attackers to run unverified, unsigned code. Twitter Card Style:  summary Tomorrow at the Virus Bulletin conference in Prague, researcher Patrick Wardle is set to highlight a security weakness in Apple’s Mac OS X “Gatekeeper” technology that could allow attackers…

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