It's that time of the month again; Microsoft Patch Day. Yesterday, Microsoft posted their regular batch of security updates, so it's time you patch your Windows systems. I'll summarize some Patch Day highlights below, but you should visit Microsoft's December Patch Day Summary page for more details By the Numbers: On Tuesday, Microsoft released seven security bulletins, … [Read more...]
Hardware Malware – WSWiR Episode 112
Tons of Patches, Facebook Botnets, and Infected Hand Scanners After a couple weeks of hiatus, we're finally back with our weekly security news summary video. If you want to learn about all the week's important security news from one convenience resource, this is the place to get it. This episode covers the latest popular software security updates from the last two weeks, and … [Read more...]
Microsoft Service Bus DoS Mostly Affects Enterprise Web Developers.
Among this week's Microsoft security bulletins is one that likely only affects a small subset of Microsoft customers, and thus not worth a full security alert. Microsoft Service Bus is a messaging component that ships with server versions of Windows, providing enterprise developers with the means to create message-driven applications. According to Microsoft's bulletin, Service … [Read more...]
TweetDeck XSS – WSWiR Episode 111
Patch Day, P.F. Changs Hack, and TweetDeck XSS This week delivered a lot of infosec news and a ton of software security updates. If you didn't have time to follow it all, check out our weekly computer security video to fill in the blanks. During today's episode, I cover the critical patches from Microsoft, Adobe and Mozilla, mention the latest credit card breach against a U.S. … [Read more...]
Word 2007 Patch Fixes Embedded Font Vulnerability
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Microsoft Word 2007 (and related components) How an attacker exploits them: By enticing users to open or interact with a maliciously crafted Word document Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer What to do: Install the appropriate Microsoft patches as soon as possible, … [Read more...]
