Microsoft releases a total of 57 security patches, part of its July Patch Tuesday, with 20 rated critical.

Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday release also included an update to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Edge browsers officially ending support for the SHA-1 hash function.

As part of Patch Tuesday Adobe patched a zero-day vulnerability in Flash Player the company claims is being used in targeted attacks against Internet Explorer users on Windows.

The news of the week is discussed, including Schneier’s DDoS article, a patched IE/Edge zero day, a new OS X malware detection method, and Google’s Project Zero prize.

Microsoft this week patched a zero-day vulnerability in the Internet Explorer and Edge browsers being used in the AdGholas malvertising campaign.

Attackers behind the Neutrino Exploit Kit didn’t take long to co-op a recently patched Internet Explorer zero-day into its arsenal. Researchers claim the kit has been pushing CVE-2016-0189, a vulnerability that was reportedly used in targeted attacks on South Korean organizations earlier this year. Microsoft fixed the vulnerability, which affects Internet Explorer’s scripting engines, in May....

Microsoft released a scant nine bulletins today for Patch Tuesday, but six of them are marked critical and seven can lead to remote code execution. The updates, which address 25 vulnerabilities will be the last many who run Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 will receive unless they elect to update to a newer browser. The patches, the...

Anxiety was high around April 8, 2014 when Microsoft officially closed the door on security support for Windows XP. Many envisioned black hats worldwide stockpiling exploits waiting for the day when XP machines would be left permanently exposed. The anticipated malware apocalypse, however, never really came for the remaining XP machines in circulation. And now...

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the week in news: How the Dutch are opening encryption with open arms, the end of support for IE 8, 9, and 10, and the latest bounty offered up by Zerodium. Download: news_wrap_01-08-16.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves