Microsoft has decided to disable a 17-year-old video codec in older
versions of Windows rather than patch multiple vulnerabilities,
according to the company’s security team. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
Microsoft has decided to disable a 17-year-old video codec in older
versions of Windows rather than patch multiple vulnerabilities,
according to the company’s security team. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
The bugs rate 10 out of 10 on the vulnerability-severity scale, thanks to the ease of exploitation.
As just one symptom, 83 percent of the Top 30 U.S. retailers have vulnerabilities which pose an “imminent” cyber-threat, including Amazon, Costco, Kroger and Walmart.
Three critical security bugs allow for easy privilege escalation to an administrator role.
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