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Welcome to the runetworksafe.com blog.  This site will provide a conduit for it's viewers to find security related information that can help prevent issues on their computing/network environment. Unfortunately, security was not an issue when the internet was in its infancy, and operating systems were not originally designed for computers to be networked together.  The picture has changed over the years, and security must be implemented to prevent intrusion and compromise on your home or business computers.   Stay tuned for regular blog postings, on security related matters.

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Critical Vulnerability on WINRAR

4/12/2019

 
A recently discovered critical vulnerability has been discovered on WINRAR, a compression/decompression utility program that is installed on more that 500 million PC's.  A new release V5.70 has been released as of Feb 28, 2019.  All older versions have the vulnerability and should be upgraded. 

The updated version is available here:  https://www.win-rar.com/
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HP Printer Security Vulnerability

9/15/2018

 
If you happen to have an HP printer connected to a phone line to receive faxes, in addition to being connected to your computing network, there is a critical software patch that you should install.  Below is more information on the vulnerability and how to install the patch. 
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Important Print Security Update  - Aug 2018

HP was recently made aware of a vulnerability in certain inkjet printers by a third-party researcher  (Check Point Research)
 https://research.checkpoint.com/sending-fax-back-to-the-dark-ages/

HP has updates available for download to address the vulnerability.
 https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06097712
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Is that website safe to go to?

6/14/2017

 
Have you ever wondered if a particular website that you're going to is safe?  Could it be a phishing site, or could the site download a script to your computer?  Before you hit that "enter key" and connect to the site, there's a tool that you can use to check out the safety of the site.  I don't recommend using this tool for every site that you go to, just the odd one that you might be suspicious about.  Open this website https://www.virustotal.com/  and copy the URL of the suspicious site that you want to check.
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 That's all there is to it.  If you get a favorable detection ratio result, then you shouldn't be worried about going to that site.  You can also scan a suspicious file on your computer in a similar way.  (There's an add-on that can be installed to your web browser called WOT (web of trust) that automatically notifies you of a dangerous website. I don't recommend this, as there has been some questionable things that the website owners have been doing with data extracted from the computers using this add-on.)
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Latest Microsoft Patches

6/13/2017

 
For those using computers with older operation systems (Windows XP), On June 13th, Microsoft released an assortment of security updates designed to block attacks similar to those responsible for the devastating WannaCry/WannaCrypt ransomware outbreak last month.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4025687/microsoft-security-advisory-4025685-guidance-for-older-platforms
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