Technology

If you&ve been wondering about your Win10 version 1803 or 1709 patches, you aren&t alone. Looks like we have a completely new Windows patching rabbit hole.

Let's start with the latest version of Windows. In the past 15 days, we&ve had four cumulative updates for Win10 version 1803:

• KB 4457128 — The Sept. 11 Patch Tuesday cumulative update included a host of security fixes that brought 1803 up to build 17134.285.
• KB 4464218 — The Monday, Sept. 17, cumulative update fixed a bug in all of MicrosoftWin10 1803 patches since late July, which blew away Microsoft Intune. Build 17134.286. I have no idea why Microsoft released the fix on a Monday instead of a Tuesday.
• KB 4458469 — The Thursday, Sept. 20, dump of dozens of bug fixes brought the build number up to 17134.219. For reasons as yet unexplained, Microsoft stopped pushing KB 4458469 late on Sept. 20 or early Sept. 21, although it remained available for manual download. We never did figure out if the patches were doled out to &seekers& — those who had the temerity to click &Check for updates& — or if they somehow made it into the ecosystem through less nefarious means.
• A different (but identically numbered) KB 4458469was released yesterday, Sept. 26. Letcall it KB 4458469 v2. It brings 1803 up to build 17134.320.

What is this new KB 4458469

Apparently, KB 4458469 v2 is a Wednesday fix for a botched Thursday kitchen-sink cumulative update, which followed a Monday cumulative update that specifically fixed a bug introduced in the Patch Tuesday patch. Got that

An obscure flaw in AppleDevice Enrollment Program (DEP) may make it possible for determined hackers to access enterprise networks, though the solution is quite straightforward.

Serial number spoofing

Duo Security researchers say they&ve figured out how to enroll a rogue device onto an enterprisemobile device management (MDM) system if the business has failed to enable authentication on devices enrolled on the system.

To make this work, attackers need to get hold of the valid serial number for an Apple device that is registered to AppleDevice Enrollment Program (DEP) but not yet set up on the companyMDM server, they said.

Walmart and Sam's Club are calling on suppliers of leafy green vegetables to upload their produce data to a corporate blockchain ledger within a year to enable end-to-end traceability of vegetables back to the farm where they were grown.

"This has literally gone out to dozens and dozens of suppliers. If you think about this food system, our suppliers will source from other suppliers and farms," said Frank Yiannas, Walmart's vice president in charge of food safety. "We believe this will impact hundreds of food establishments."

Last year, Walmart and Sam's Club joined nine of the world's largest food retailers in piloting IBM's Food Trust Solution, a blockchain distributed ledger network based on the Hyperledger protocol. Along with Walmart, the testring consortium includes Dole, Driscoll's, Golden State Foods, Kroger, McCormick and Company, McLane Company, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, and Unilever.