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USN-4638-1: c-ares vulnerability

2020-11-19 KENNETH 0

USN-4638-1: c-ares vulnerability It was discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain DNS requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Source: USN-4638-1: c-ares vulnerability

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Upcoming Dev Events

2020-11-19 KENNETH 0

Upcoming Dev Events Last Updated: November 2020 One of the things we all love about being part of an awesome tech community are the opportunities we have to come together at events throughout the year, learning and sharing with one another. To help bring our greater community together more this year, we decided to curate and share a list of virtual events, conferences, and festivals for developers.  If you’re looking to expand your knowledge, connect with others, or grow your network, take a look at the events below!  The Windows Developer team will update this post monthly, so be sure to come back and check for the newest upcoming dev events.  STACK 2020 December 1-3, 2020 Cost: Free STACK is GovTech’s flagship conference and the largest government-led developers event in Singapore that connects government, industry and the tech community. It [ more… ]

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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20262

2020-11-19 KENNETH 0

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20262 Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20262 (FE_RELEASE) to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Fixes We fixed an issue resulting in certain apps launching unexpectedly transparent in recent builds, with no content visible. We fixed an issue where old SleepStudy etls were unexpectedly not being cleaned up. We fixed an issue resulting in no response the first time a pen was clicked after being paired due to an underlying crash. We fixed an issue resulting in touchpad scrolling no longer working on the tab in focus after closing a browser tab using CTRL+W while scrolling on a touchpad. We fixed an issue where the some of the notifications related to block at first sight weren’t being localized. We fixed an issue where when using Narrator in scan [ more… ]

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USN-4637-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

2020-11-18 KENNETH 0

USN-4637-1: Firefox vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across origins, bypass security restrictions, conduct phishing attacks, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions, conduct DNS rebinding attacks, or execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-4637-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

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Auditing Changes to Classified Data Stored in MySQL 8.0

2020-11-18 KENNETH 0

Auditing Changes to Classified Data Stored in MySQL 8.0 The Challenge Often with sensitive information, you need to have an audit log. Frequently data such as this will contain a classification level as part of the row, defining policies for how it is handled, audited, etc. In a prior blog I discussed how to audit the selection of classified data. … Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Source: Auditing Changes to Classified Data Stored in MySQL 8.0