Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: SharePoint, SharePoint Foundation, and Visio Viewer 2010, which are all part of Microsoft's Office suite of products How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring your users to a malicious web site or link, and enticing them to open malicious Visio files Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can execute … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2012
Six Windows Updates Fix Nine Security Vulnerabilities
Bulletins Affect .NET Framework, Kernel-Mode Drivers, Indeo Codec, and More Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Windows and components that ship with it. Also affects the .NET Framework and Silverlight How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring your users to a malicious web site or enticing them to … [Read more...]
Patch IE To Avoid Drive-by Downloads
Severity: High Summary: This vulnerability affects: All current versions of Internet Explorer, running on all current versions of Windows (to varying extents) How an attacker exploits it: By enticing one of your users to visit a malicious web page Impact: Various; in the worst case an attacker can execute code on your user's computer, gaining complete control of it What to … [Read more...]
Microsoft Black Tuesday: Updates Prevent Drive-by Downloads and Malicious Media
Happy Valentine's Day and happy Microsoft Patch Day. Microsoft has posted their bulletins for February, so drop those chocolates and start patching. Microsoft delivered on our expectations and released nine security bulletins today, covering flaws in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, and the .NET framework. They rate four of the bulletins as Critical. Microsoft's … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 4
FBI Call Eavesdropping, Stolen Source Code, and Windows Patches Phew! This was one busy week for security. There were at least four big breaches, many software security updates, and quite a few other security stories I didn't have time to cover. Check out this week's episode of WatchGuard Security Week in Review for the highlights. If you'd rather read about these big security … [Read more...]