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Category Archives: Security

March 11, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Come on, Microsoft! Is it really that hard to update Windows 10 right?

Come on, Microsoft! Is it really that hard to update Windows 10 right?

Yesterday, on Patch Tuesday, as I was finishing up the column that follows lamenting the sorry state of Windows 10 patches and providing copious examples of things gone very wrong, a big, fat example landed in my lap (but happily … Continue reading →

February 27, 2020
by sjvn01
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Let’s Encrypt issues one-billionth web security certificate

It wasn’t that long ago that most websites weren’t secured with Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. You could tell because the sites started with HTTP instead of HTTPS. Today, 81% of web pages use HTTPS globally, and 91% are secured … Continue reading →

February 25, 2020
by sjvn01
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Microsoft previews Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux

First thing is first, the new beta Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is not an antiviral program for Linux desktops. No, it’s an enterprise platform designed to help you prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to Linux server and network threats. Microsoft … Continue reading →

February 18, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on The Linux Foundation identifies most important open-source software components and their problems

The Linux Foundation identifies most important open-source software components and their problems

Red Hat recently reported open-source software now dominates the enterprise. Actually, it does more than that. Another older study found open-source software makes up 80% to 90% of all software. You may not know that, because many of these programs are built on … Continue reading →