Servicing stack update for Windows Server 2008 SP2: October 13, 2020

Servicing stack update for Windows Server 2008 SP2: October 13, 2020 Summary This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates SSU make sure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stack so that your...

Servicing stack update for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1: August 11, 2020

Servicing stack update for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1: August 11, 2020 Applies to Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Servi...

Servicing stack update for Windows Server 2012: June 9, 2020

Servicing stack update for Windows Server 2012: June 9, 2020 Applies to Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation SummaryThis update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates SSU makes su...

Servicing stack update for Windows 10: June 9, 2020

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Servicing stack update for Windows 10, version 1607: June 9, 2020

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2020 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix 113 security vulnerabilities in its various Windows operating systems and related software. Those include at least three flaws that are actively being exploited, as well as two others which were publicly detailed prior to today, potentially giving attackers...

Servicing stack update for Windows 10, version 1809: March 10, 2020

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Servicing stack update for Windows 10, version 1709: March 10, 2020

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Servicing stack update for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1: February 11, 2020

Servicing stack update for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1: February 11, 2020 Summary This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates SSU makes sure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stac...

MS10-068: Vulnerability in Local Security Authority Subsystem Service could allow elevation of privilege

Resolves a vulnerability in Active Directory directory service, Active Directory Application Mode ADAM, and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service AD LDS that could allow elevation of privilege if an authenticated attacker sent a specially crafted LDAP messages to a listening LSASS...

Microsoft Releases July 2019 Security Updates, 2 Flaws Under Active Attack

Microsoft today released its monthly batch of software security updates for the July month to patch a total of 77 vulnerabilities, 14 are rated Critical, 62 are Important, and 1 is rated Moderate in severity. The July 2019 security updates include patches for various supported versions of Windows...

Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010: November 13, 2018

Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010: November 13, 2018 Summary This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see Microso...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 8, 2018

Last week, three interesting vulnerabilities popped up on the news and security feeds. Researchers disclosed CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715, collectively known as Spectre, and CVE-2017-5754, known as Meltdown. These vulnerabilities take advantage of “speculative execution” of instructions...

PT-2017-3249

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Systems with microprocessors affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to speculative execution and indirect branch prediction in microprocessors, which may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker wit...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of December 11, 2017

If you read my weekly blog or follow me on Twitter, you know that I’m a huge sports fan. Unfortunately, when you don’t live in the town of your favorite team, you can be subject to blackout rules. So, my husband and I decided to purchase NFL Sunday Ticket from DirecTV. Fast forward to a couple of...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of November 13, 2017

The dreaded white, blank screen in Microsoft Word is taunting me, with its blinking cursor asking for words to be written. Just when I thought I wouldn’t get any inspiration for this week’s blog, inspiration came to me from beyond through our late CTO Raimund Genes. Earlier this week, the third...

Write Cache Drive on PVS Target Devices is Filling up Quickly After Installing Microsoft Updates (Wanna Cry)

Write cache drive is filling up quickly after installing Microsoft Updates Wanna Cry...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of July 10, 2017

Before the world of laptops, tablets and smart phones, some of us had to use paper-based solutions to keep track of our calendars and to-do lists. I used a Franklin Planner, where I kept track of my calendar as well as my never-ending to-do list. The Franklin Planner used the “ABC” system to help...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 12, 2017

“What can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?” This was the question posed to Steve Martin’s character C.D. Bales in the 1987 movie Roxanne. In a modern take of Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, the movie centers around C.D.’s attempt to win the love of a woman whi...

Ransomware Attack Hobbles Prestigious University College London

University College London, one of the U.K.’s prestigious public research universities, has closed off access to personal and shared drives after a ransomware attack was detected late Wednesday afternoon. University officials said this morning that this was a web-based infection, reversing claims...