{"id":14,"date":"2013-01-12T17:02:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T17:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xvudrive.com\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2013-01-12T17:05:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T17:05:33","slug":"security-patches-released-by-adobe-and-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xvudrive.com\/blog\/security-patches-released-by-adobe-and-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Security patches released by Adobe and Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Krebsonsecurity posted<\/a> that BOTH Adobe and Microsoft released patches for “Critical” updates. The term “Critical” when used by Microsoft means “these vulnerabilities could be exploited to fully compromise <\/b> vulnerable Windows systems without any help from users<\/b>.” Or in other words, you have no idea that you just got infected with a keylogger and it just sent your username and password for your bank account to Mother Russia.<\/p>\n

The worst part about these updates is what they do NOT fix. There is still a well documented security flaw in Internet Explorer 6 through 8 that allows you to easily be infected simply by browsing a website. While MS did give us a “Fix”<\/a> that helps some of the flaws, it completely ignores others that are widely used today.<\/p>\n

Although the XVU Drive supports Adobe Flash, it does not run a Windows based operating system, and runs a “hardened” operating system, making it much harder to infect. Adobe’s issues should not affect XVU Drive users, and the Windows issues will not affect us at all.<\/p>\n

Please be sure to run your updates on both Windows and any Adobe products you run, and be sure to use your XVU Drive whenever you access your bank, facebook, email, or any other secure site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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