Technical

[Pondus]

Microsoft urges customers to uninstall 'Blue Screen of Death' update
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9250446/Microsoft_urges_customers_to_uninstall_Blue_Screen_of_Death_update

Uninstall ‘Blue Screen of Death’ error Update: Microsoft to Customers
http://www.wallstreetotc.com/uninstall-blue-screen-of-death-error-update-microsoft-to-customers/27475/

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29467120-Microsoft-recommends-removing-update-2982791

[Asyn]

Reveton ransomware has dangerously evolved
http://blog.avast.com/2014/08/19/reveton-ransomware-has-dangerously-evolved/

[Asyn]

iSEC Partners Conducts Tor Browser Hardening Study
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/isec-partners-conducts-tor-browser-hardening-study
https://github.com/iSECPartners/publications/tree/master/reports/Tor%20Browser%20Bundle

[Asyn]

Announcing CERT Tapioca for MITM Analysis
http://www.cert.org/blogs/certcc/post.cfm?EntryID=203

[Asyn]

Lorem Ipsum: Of Good & Evil, Google & China
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/08/lorem-ipsum-of-good-evil-google-china/

[Asyn]

2014 Business Password Analysis
https://gsr.trustwave.com/topics/business-password-analysis/2014-business-password-analysis/

[Asyn]

OpenPhish - Free Phishing Feed
http://www.openphish.com/

[Asyn]

Self-propagating ransomware written in Windows batch hits Russian-speaking countries
http://blog.avast.com/2014/08/27/self-propagating-ransomware-written-in-windows-batch-hits-russian-speaking-countries/

[Asyn]

Microsoft urges customers to uninstall 'Blue Screen of Death' update
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9250446/Microsoft_urges_customers_to_uninstall_Blue_Screen_of_Death_update

Uninstall ‘Blue Screen of Death’ error Update: Microsoft to Customers
http://www.wallstreetotc.com/uninstall-blue-screen-of-death-error-update-microsoft-to-customers/27475/

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29467120-Microsoft-recommends-removing-update-2982791

-> https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms14-045.aspx

To address known issues with security update 2982791, Microsoft rereleased MS14-045 to replace the 2982791 update with the 2993651 update for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. Microsoft expired update 2982791 on August 15, 2014. All customers should apply the 2993651 update, which replaces the expired 2982791 update. Microsoft strongly recommends that customers who have not uninstalled the 2982791 update do so prior to applying the 2993651 update.

[polonus]

Unofficial Service Pack 4 for Windows Experiece (XP): http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10321
Better mitigate away from XP altogether, but something for those that cannot upgrade their old machines for some reason or other.

polonus

[bob3160]

Unofficial Service Pack 4 for Windows Experiece (XP): http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10321
Better mitigate away from XP altogether, but something for those that cannot upgrade their old machines for some reason or other.

polonus

You're not reading your forum.
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=19387.msg1120012#msg1120012

[Asyn]

Malvertising: Not all Java from java.com is legitimate
http://blog.fox-it.com/2014/08/27/malvertising-not-all-java-from-java-com-is-legitimate/

[bob3160]

Malvertising: Not all Java from java.com is legitimate
http://blog.fox-it.com/2014/08/27/malvertising-not-all-java-from-java-com-is-legitimate/

Nice but how will this directly help the average computer user

[Asyn]

Malvertising: Not all Java from java.com is legitimate
http://blog.fox-it.com/2014/08/27/malvertising-not-all-java-from-java-com-is-legitimate/

Nice but how will this directly help the average computer user

Bob, this thread (basically) isn't conceived for average users.
Anyway, see the section under "Advice" in the linked article.

[bob3160]

Malvertising: Not all Java from java.com is legitimate
http://blog.fox-it.com/2014/08/27/malvertising-not-all-java-from-java-com-is-legitimate/

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Anyway, see the section under "Advice" in the linked article.

Precisely why I asked this question.

Advice:
There is no silver bullet to protect yourself from malvertising.