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Month Archives: June 2014

Assessing risk for the June 2014 security updates

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Today we released seven security bulletins addressing 66 unique CVE’s. Two bulletins have a maximum severity rating of Critical while the other five have a maximum severity rating of Important. This table is designed to help you prioritize the deployment of updates appropriately for your environment. Bulletin Most likely attack vector Max Bulletin Severity Max XI Likely first 30 days impact Platform mitigations and key notes MS14-035 (Internet Explorer) Victim browses to a malicious webpage.

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Theoretical Thinking and the June 2014 Bulletin Release

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

As security professionals, we are trained to think in worst-case scenarios. We run through the land of the theoretical, chasing “what if” scenarios as though they are lightning bugs to be gathered and stashed in a glass jar. Most of time, this type of thinking is absolutely the correct thing for security professionals to do.

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Advance Notification Service for the June 2014 Security Bulletin Release

Thursday, June 05, 2014

Today we provide advance notification for the release of seven Bulletins, two rated Critical and five rated Important in severity. These Updates are for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer. The Update for Internet Explorer addresses CVE-2014-1770, which we have not seen used in any active attacks. Also, in case you missed it, last month we released Security Advisory 2871997 to further enhance credentials management and protections on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012.

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An Overview of KB2871997

Thursday, June 05, 2014

An Overview of KB2871997 Microsoft recently released KB2871997 for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008R2, and Windows Server 2012. This blog will give an overview of the feature changes, their impact, and some important configuration changes that can be made in conjunction with the update to further improve system security.

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