Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Windows (and related components like Silverlight) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring users into viewing malicious images Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer What to do: Install the appropriate Microsoft … [Read more...]
MS Patch Day Fixes 0day and Warning for Adobe Users
Download, test, patch, and repeat. That should be the mantra for Microsoft administrators every month. By now, you're likely quite used to Microsoft's regular monthly patch cycle, so you're already expecting next week's updates. However, this month's updates are especially important, since one fixes a fairly prevalent zero day flaw that attackers are exploiting in the … [Read more...]
Six Windows Bulletins Fix a Wide Variety of Flaws
Severity: HighSummary:These vulnerabilities affect: Most current versions of Windows (including Windows RT)How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring users to malicious web content or running specially crafted programsImpact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer.What to do: Install the appropriate … [Read more...]
Windows Updates Fix Critical .NET and Kernel-mode Driver Flaws
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Most current versions of Windows (including 8 and RT), the .NET Framework, and Silverlight 5 (for PC and Mac). Some of these flaws also affect Office and Lync. How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring users to malicious web content or running specially crafted programs Impact: In the … [Read more...]
Silverlight and Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Patches
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Most current versions of Windows and Silverlight 5 (For PC and Mac) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring users to malicious web content or running specially crafted programs Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer. What to do: … [Read more...]