Tech Tip Thursday – Top 10 Exploited Vulnerabilities Targeted by Exploit Kits

Exploit kits greatly reduce the barriers for entry for hackers. Hackers no longer need deep understanding of vulnerabilities and how to exploit them. They just click their way through to pwnage with canned attacks. The most common vulnerabilities of 2016 were found in Adobe Flash, Internet Explorer, and Silverlight. Now would be a good time to check your systems.

http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/most-exploited-vulnerabilities-by-whom-when-and-how/

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Tech Tip Tuesday – So Long IE 7, 8, 9 and 10… sort of

As of today, Microsoft will only support the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system. This means you can still run IE9 but only on Windows Vista SP2. IE exploits are in the wild. Make sure you are using a support browser. The link below takes you to you a table that explains everything.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle#gp/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer

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