Questions tagged [updates]
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Is it more secure to apply updates as soon as they get released?
Is it more secure to apply updates as soon as they are released, or wait to make sure the updates are not causing problems to the system. It might sound stupid but in the last few years I heard about more than one incident when vendors release…
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Vulnerabilities by adding an untrustworthy package repository
Often, users will install additional package repositories to their Linux distributions to be able to follow "bleeding-edge" versions of software that hasn't been/will never be backported to their distribution version.
Say that packageA provided by…
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Patch management for avoiding issues like EternalBlue
Following the 2017 WannaCry attack against big institutions like the NHS or Telefónica did not apply the Microsoft security patches associated with EternalBlue and were forced to deal with a significant impact to their operations.
What's a…
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From when does the operating systems sign the updates?
Which was the year the linux distributions, windows have first used to sign their updates? Historical question that is hard to "google".
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Security precautions during update
When you update a new installation for the first time, or update a long time unmaintained OS, do you just enable a software firewall for all incoming connections (and hope there are no obsolete critical bugs hanging there) or do you take any other…
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Best practice to manage user's java/browsers/flash player/adobe reader auto-update
We are specially concerned about if our users keep updating their browsers, flash player, adobe reader, java( feel free to let me know some others that are also important). These applications usually the most common entry for attack/virus.
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Is it possible to create your own security updates on Ubuntu 12.04?
My main Question is:
Is it possible to create your own security packages?
[ NOTE: I enjoy teaching myself new skills for many different things. So please give me an answer in a 4th grade reading level. What I mean is that I won't have a clue what…
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