Info Sec Alerts News Archive

The Marshall University campus Symantec Endpoint Protection Management (SEPM) Servers and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) client install packages have been upgraded to version 12.1.7004.6500 (Windows/Linux) and 12.1.6867.6400 (MacOS). This Symantec provided update addresses Symantec Security Advisory SYM16-010 (client decomposer engine) and SYM16-011 (multiple SEPM security issues). This update addresses several ‘high severity’ issues in both

Symantec has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system and cause a denial-of-service condition. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Symantec Security Advisories SYM16-010(link is external) and SYM16-011(link is external) and apply the necessary updates.

MU Information Security Elevated Risk Advisory Apple QuickTime for Windows Apple has announced that it is ending support for their QuickTime 7 for Windows product. QuickTime for Windows was commonly installed on Microsoft Windows PC’s in the form of a web browser plug-in and stand-alone player to support web-based media; it was also included as

MU Information Security Elevated Risk Advisory… Don’t get LOCKED out of your computer by RansomWare! Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects computer systems, restricting users’ access to the those systems. According to a recent security bulletin released by the US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) “Ransomware is often spread through phishing emails

LastPass, a company which makes a password manager product which is a combination of software and cloud service and allows you to generate, store and protect your personal library of authentication credentials (username and passwords), disclosed on 15-June, 2015 that they discovered and blocked suspicious activity on their network. Their investigation confirmed that some of their customer data had been