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April 2015 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 11 security bulletins. We encourage customers to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploitability Index XI, visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you are...
EMET 5.2 is available (update)
Today, we’re releasing the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET 5.2, which includes increased security protections to improve your security posture. You can download EMET 5.2 from microsoft.com/emet or directly from here. Following is the list of the main changes and improvements: Control...
March 2015 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security bulletins to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange, and Internet Explorer. We encourage customers to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, includi...
Security Advisory 3046015 released
Today, we released Security Advisory 3046015 to provide guidance to customers in response to the SSL/TLS issue referred to by researchers as “FREAK” Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys. Our investigation continues and we’ll take the necessary steps to protect our customers. MSRC Team...
MS15-011 & MS15-014: Hardening Group Policy
Today we are releasing MS15-011 & MS15-014 which harden group policy and address network access vulnerabilities that can be used to achieve remote code execution RCE in domain networks. The MS15-014 update addresses an issue in Group Policy update which can be used to disable client-side global S...
February 2015 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released nine security bulletins– three rated Critical and six rated Important in severity, to address 56 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Server software. We encourage yo...
January 2015 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released eight security updates– one rated Critical and seven rated Important in severity, to address eight unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs in Microsoft Windows. We encourage you to apply all of these updates. For more information about this...
A Call for Better Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure
For years our customers have been in the trenches against cyberattacks in an increasingly complex digital landscape. We’ve been there with you, as have others. And we aren’t going anywhere. Forces often seek to undermine and disrupt technology and people, attempting to weaken the very devices and...
Evolving Microsoft's Advance Notification Service in 2015
Our Advance Notification Service ANS was created more than a decade ago as part of Update Tuesday to broadly communicate in advance, about the security updates being released for Microsoft products and services each month. Over the years, technology environments and customer needs have evolved,...
December 2014 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released seven security updates – three rated Critical and four rated Important in severity, to address 24 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer IE, Office and Exchange. We encourage you to apply all of these...
Advance Notification Service for the December 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notificationfor the release of seven Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical and four are rated as Important in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer IE, Office and Exchange. As per our monthly process, we’ve scheduled...
Security Bulletin MS14-068 released
Today, we released an out-of-band security update to address a vulnerability in Kerberos which could allow Elevation of Privilege. This update is for all supported versions of Windows Server and includes a defense-in-depth update for all supported versions of Windows. We strongly encourage...
Out-of-band release for Security Bulletin MS14-068
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at approximately 10 a.m. PST, we will release an out-of-band security update to address a vulnerability in Windows. We strongly encourage customers to apply this update as soon as possible, following the directions in the security bulletin. More information about th...
Additional information about CVE-2014-6324
Today Microsoft released update MS14-068 to address CVE-2014-6324, a Windows Kerberos implementation elevation of privilege vulnerability that is being exploited in-the-wild in limited, targeted attacks. The goal of this blog post is to provide additional information about the vulnerability, upda...
Assessing Risk for the November 2014 Security Updates
Today we released fourteen security bulletins addressing 33 unique CVE’s. Four bulletins have a maximum severity rating of Critical, eight have a maximum severity rating of Important, and two have a maximum severity rating of Moderate. This table is designed to help you prioritize the deployment ...
November 2014 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security updates – four rated Critical, nine rated Important, and two rated Moderate, to address 33 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer IE, Office, .NET Framework, Internet Information Services IIS,...
MS14-072: .NET Remoting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Today Microsoft shipped MS14-072 to the .NET Framework to address an Elevation of Privilege EOP vulnerability in the .NET Remoting feature. This update fixes a specific issue in .NET Remoting that permitted specially crafted remote endpoints to take advantage of this vulnerability. What is .NET...
EMET 5.1 is available
Today, we’re releasing the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET 5.1 which will continue to improve your security posture by providing increased application compatibility and hardened mitigations. You can download EMET 5.1 from microsoft.com/emet or directly from here. Following is the list...
Advance Notification Service for the November 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of 16 Security Bulletins. Five of these updates are rated Critical, nine are rated as Important, and two are rated Moderate in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Exchange, .NET Framework, Internet...
Security Advisory 3009008 updated
Today, we announced the availability of SSL 3.0 fallback warnings in Internet Explorer IE 11. For more information please visit the IE blog. We have also published an update on the status of the changes we have made to our Azure offerings in response to the SSL 3.0 vulnerability. For more...
Security Advisory 3010060 released
Today, we released Security Advisory 3010060to provide additional protections regarding limited, targeted attacks directed at Microsoft Windows customers. A cyberattacker could cause remote code execution if someone is tricked into opening a maliciously-crafted PowerPoint document that contains a...
Assessing Risk for the October 2014 Security Updates
Today we released eight security bulletins addressing 24 unique CVE’s. Three bulletins have a maximum severity rating of Critical, and five have a maximum severity rating of Important. This table is designed to help you prioritize the deployment of updates appropriately for your environment...
More Details About CVE-2014-4073 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Today Microsoft shipped MS14-057 to the .NET Framework in order to resolve an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the ClickOnce deployment service. While this update fixes this service, developers using Managed Distributed Component Object Model a .NET wrapped around DCOM need to take immedia...
October 2014 Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released eight securityupdates – three rated Critical and five rated Important - to address 24 Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures CVEs in Windows, Office, .NET Framework, .ASP.NET, and Internet Explorer IE. We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but f...
Advance Notification Service for the October 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of nine Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical, five are rated as Important, and one is rated Moderate in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, .NET Framework, and ASP.NET. As per...
BlueHat v14 is almost here
It’s that time of year and BlueHat v14 is almost upon us. As always, BlueHat is an opportunity for us to bring the brightest minds in security together, both internal and external, to discuss and tackle some of the hardest problems facing the industry today. Through this conference, our engineeri...
Bug Bounty Evolution: Online Services
Today marks the next evolution in bounty programs at Microsoft as we launch the Microsoft Online Services Bug Bounty program starting with Office 365. In our mobile first, cloud first world, this is an exciting and logical evolution to our existing bug bounty programs. Office 365 is the first of...
September 2014 Security Bulletin Release Webcast and Q&A
Today we’re publishing the September 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded four questions on various topics during the webcast, with specific bulletin questions focusing primarily on Internet Explorer MS14-052 and a question about the Windows Update client. We invite...
Assessing risk for the September 2014 security updates
Today we released four security bulletins addressing 42 unique CVE’s. One bulletin has a maximum severity rating of Critical and the other three have maximum severity Important. This table is designed to help you prioritize the deployment of updates appropriately for your environment. Bulletin Mo...
The September 2014 Security Updates
Today, as a part of our regular Update Tuesday process, we released four security bulletins – one rated Critical and three rated Important in severity – to address 42 Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures CVEs in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, and Lync Server. We encourage you...
Advance Notification Service for the September 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of four Security Bulletins. One of these updates is rated Critical and three are rated as Important in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework and Lync. As a reminder, we are now using a new format...
Security Bulletin MS14-045 rereleased
Every month for many years, we’ve released a number of updates focused on the continuous improvement of customers’ experiences with our technology. Historically, these updates happened at different times during the month, with the security-specific ones occurring on the second Tuesday of each...
August 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today, we published the August 2014 Security Bulletin webcast questions and answers page along with the webcast replay. We answered ten questions on air, with the majority focusing on the update for Internet Explorer. Here is the video replay: We are aware of some issues related to the recent...
Assessing risk for the August 2014 security updates
Today we released nine security bulletins addressing 37 unique CVE’s. Two bulletins have a maximum severity rating of Critical while the other seven have a maximum severity rating of Important. This table is designed to help you prioritize the deployment of updates appropriately for your...
August 2014 Security Updates
Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released nine securityupdates – two rated Critical and seven rated Important – to address 37 Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures CVEs in SQL Server, OneNote, SharePoint, .NET, Windows and Internet Explorer IE. We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but...
Advance Notification Service for the August 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of nine Security Bulletins. Two of these are rated Critical, and the remaining seven are rated Important in severity. These Updates are for SQL Server, SharePoint, OneNote, .NET, Microsoft Windows, and Internet Explorer. As per our usual...
General Availability for Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 5.0
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET 5.0. EMET is a free tool, designed to help customers with their defense in depth strategies against cyberattacks, by helping block and terminate the most common techniques adversaries might u...
Announcing EMET 5.0
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET 5.0. As many of you already know, EMET is a free tool, designed to help customers with their defense in depth strategies against cyberattacks, by helping detect and block exploitation...
July 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we published the July 2014 Security Bulletin webcast questions and answers page along with the webcast replay. We answered eight questions on air, with the majority focusing on the update for Internet Explorer. The transcript also includes a question we did not have time to answer on the ai...
Security Advisory 2982792 released, Certificate Trust List updated
Today, we are updating the Certificate Trust List CTL for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows to remove the trust of mis-issued third-party digital certificates. These certificates could be used to spoof content and perform phishing or man-in-the-middle attacks against web properties. Wit...
July 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Many around the globe have been following the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ closely. Regardless of which country you are supporting, many folks have been impressed by the defensive display put on by keeper Tim Howard in a loss against Belgium. It was a great performance highlighting a strong defens...
Assessing risk for the July 2014 security updates
Today we released six security bulletins addressing 29 unique CVE’s. Two bulletins have a maximum severity rating of Critical, three have maximum severity Important, and one is Moderate. We hope that the table below helps you prioritize the deployment of the updates appropriately for your...
Advance Notification Service for the July 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we provide advance notification for the release of six Security Bulletins. Two of these are rated Critical, three are rated as Important, and one is rated Moderate in severity. These Updates are for Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. This month we will also premier the new format for...
Driving a Collectively Stronger Security Community with Microsoft Interflow
Today, Microsoft is pleased to announce the private preview of Microsoft Interflow, a security and threat information exchange platform for analysts and researchers working in cybersecurity. Interflow uses industry specifications to create an automated, machine-readable feed of threat and securit...
Microsoft releases Security Advisory 2974294
Today, we released Security Advisory 2974294 to inform global customers about an update for the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine. This update addresses a privately disclosed issue and fixes a vulnerability that could allow a denial of service if the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine scans a...
June 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we published the June 2014 Security Bulletin webcast questions and answers page along with the webcast replay. We answered six questions on air, with the majority focusing on the updates for TCP and Internet Explorer. The transcript also includes a question we did not have time to answer on...
Assessing risk for the June 2014 security updates
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...
Theoretical Thinking and the June 2014 Bulletin Release
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...
Advance Notification Service for the June 2014 Security Bulletin Release
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...
An Overview of KB2871997
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 t...