Daily Archives: October 17, 2020

SwiftOnSecurity on Patch Tuesday

Posted on October 17, 2020 at 20:41 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

Man, ain’t that the truth….

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Patch Lady – I never thought Flash was a good idea

Posted on October 17, 2020 at 17:01 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

When Microsoft first included Flash in the operating system I thought it was a bad idea. Flash is/was often how attackers wiggled into systems. So it’s good to see that the end of life for Flash is coming at the end of this year.

When I rebooted my Lenovo laptop just a little bit ago I got prompted to uninstall Flash.

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