#security bulletin

Weltmeister: Bei Spam ist Deutschland Spitze

Jedes Jahr legt Kaspersky ein Spam und Pishing Bulletin vor, in dem das Unternehmen die Ergebnisse der Spam-Saison des Vorjahres zusammenfasst. Spam in der Inbox, ist ein bekanntes Phänomen. Es reicht von der eMail, die die ZEIT ungefragt verschickt über eMails, in denen man mitgeteilt bekommt, in der Nationalen Lottery von X gewonnen zu haben, obwohl man dort gar nicht teilgenommen hat, bis zu…

goddammit adobe get yer shit together!! ffs

“A day after releasing its monthly security update, Adobe confirmed it has discovered a new vulnerability in Flash Player that affects every version running on the Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems.”

while Adobe wont admit it in their security update, the best thing to do is to uninstall/disable Flash Player until further notice…

“Citing Flash’s poor track record with security, some researchers recommend Web users disable or remove the plug-in altogether.” - CNET

PLEASE BE ADVISED THIS APPLIES TO ALL VERSIONS OF FLASH PLAYER, NO VERSION IS SAFE.

Adobe updated their security notice saying they will release an update Oct 16. See security bulletin here.

since the last security vulnerability in July I still have Flash Player disabled and only enable it on a case by case basis. its not totally necessary to navigate the internet with, but still find myself needing to use it from time to time. now idk maybe its time to give up on this fucker.

Such vague descriptions in Security Bulletin emails do bug me personally but we admins (hi to the rest of y'all) had a discussion on the same topic a few weeks ago. I’ve since learned (from other admins, again hi) that York admin is not allowed to disclose what might just be sensitive information in an on-going investigation, or in situations where the survivor knows the suspects, etc. Other reasons for this might be to avoid racial profiling. All of these are of course speculation, and I personally remain somewhat informed but still very annoyed by vague descriptions in reports. I also personally think that under no circumstances should we make a joke about assault (specifically those of sexual nature) cases. This is a tasteless joke, not to mention potentially triggering and dangerous, and undermines the seriousness of these incidents. 

I don't really think that's the reason and I suggest you talk to UIT services in Scott Library about this.

That’s quite odd :/ ,I would suggest contacting IT services and asking them to look into the issue. If you’re not getting security bulletins then you might not be getting other updates from the university either.

Is your York email listed as your primary email? Sometimes when you get emails from York sent to hotmail/outlook it will get lost in cyber space, get sent to junk, or you won’t get anything at all, so it’s always a good idea to use York email as the primary email.

Everyone gets sent security bulletins if something happens on campus, it’s part of York’s awareness and transparency efforts.

That email was sent out today, check your MyMail again. If you’ve switched over to Google Apps for YorkU then check Google Mail.