{"id":54910,"date":"2016-11-01T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=54910"},"modified":"2016-11-07T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T17:14:02","slug":"microsoft-security-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/microsoft-security-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Welcome: Microsoft Security Hole Remains Unpatched"},"content":{"rendered":"

A security vulnerability within the Microsoft software has been exploited and there is yet to be a patch to fix the issue.\u00a0 Fortune <\/a>reported Google notified Microsoft of the security issue\u00a0on October 21st.\u00a0 Typically when a vulnerability is found by Google, they provide 60 days for a patch; however, since this particular vulnerability has already been exploited by cyber criminals, that timetable is cut down to one week.<\/p>\n

As of today, this security gap remains exposed.\u00a0 This is clearly a security concern, and Microsoft software users must proceed with caution.\u00a0 In the meantime, there are a few pieces of good news: ways to protect yourself until Microsoft offers a solution to the security hole.<\/p>\n

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  1. Chrome has actually began blocking certain system calls<\/a>, which prevents exploitation of the security gap.\u00a0\u00a0 So if you are using the Google Chrome browser, you should be safe.<\/li>\n
  2. Any malicious executables used through the Microsoft\u00a0security vulnerability will be blocked by PC Matic<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. According to The Verge<\/a>, exploiting this security vulnerability requires collusion with the security gap associated with Adobe Flash.\u00a0 Since being notified of the security gap, Adobe has fixed their security hole, therefore as long as your Flash is updated you should be safe.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    A security vulnerability within the Microsoft software has been exploited and there is yet to be a patch to fix the issue.\u00a0 Fortune reported Google notified Microsoft of the security issue\u00a0on October 21st.\u00a0 Typically when a vulnerability is found by Google, they provide 60 days for a patch; however, since this particular vulnerability has already […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":55111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5090],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-54910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter","category-slider","tag-microsoft"],"yoast_head":"\nHackers Welcome: Microsoft Security Hole Remains Unpatched<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft security gap remains unpatched, one week after they were notified of the vulnerability. 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