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A Lighter-than-normal Patch Tuesday for December, 2019

December 10, 2019 admin Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Edge, Flash, hyperv, lync, Microsoft Office, skype, SophosLabs Uncut, SQL Server, VBScript, visual studio, windows, windows server

Credit to Author: alexandrebecholey| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:36:22 +0000

There may be a smaller overall tally of things to fix this month than in recent update cycles, but at least one bug is being exploited in the wild<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/gu6tev4DC1Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Patch Tuesday targets Hyper-V virtual machines in November, 2019 updates

November 12, 2019 admin 2019-11, ChakraCore, Hyper-V, IE, Kernel, microsoft, Patch Tuesday, SophosLabs Uncut, VBScript, windows, Windows subsystem for Linux, wsl

Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:15:50 +0000

Microsoft released their monthly security updates for November, 2019, this morning. This month, Microsoft said the company fixed a total of 73 vulnerabilities across its product lines. Thirteen of the fixes address problems Microsoft classifies as Critical, the most urgent type of problem to address. The company classified the repair of an additional 59 bugs […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/BBm3ctmT8pE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Microsoft fixes drop in number for October, 2019 updates

October 9, 2019 admin adobe, Chakra, ChakraCore, Edge, elevation of privilege, Exploits, microsoft, Patch Tuesday, SophosLabs Uncut, Updates, VBScript, Vulnerability, windows

Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 20:00:31 +0000

A relatively low number of vulnerabilities were addressed in this month’s Windows update rollups<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/kC7qjGbuUh8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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CVE-2019-0888: Use-After-Free in Windows ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

July 9, 2019 admin ADO, CVE-2019-0888, exploit, SophosLabs Uncut, Use After Free, VBScript, Vulnerability, windows

Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:00:58 +0000

Details of the vulnerability we reported to Microsoft and was fixed in last month’s Patch Tuesday<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/-BE2g_tELic” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Patch Tuesday squashes 89 bugs-including a SophosLabs find

June 11, 2019 admin adobe, Chakra, ChakraCore, Edge, Exploits, Flash Player, Hyper-V, microsoft, Patch Tuesday, polar bears, SandboxEscaper, SophosLabs Uncut, Updates, VBScript, Vulnerability, windows

Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:20:51 +0000

No bugs known to be exploited in the wild, but plenty of serious flaws that need updates<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/l4pze2u2S-k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Microsoft Security

Machine learning vs. social engineering

July 8, 2018 admin antispam, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, fileless malware, JavaScript, machine learning, macro malware, macros, malware, Next-gen antivirus, non-PE threats, phishing, phishing attacks, Security Intelligence, Security Response, Social engineering, VBScript, windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 S, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender AV

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:00:56 +0000

Machine learning is a key driver in the constant evolution of security technologies at Microsoft. Machine learning allows Microsoft 365 to scale next-gen protection capabilities and enhance cloud-based, real-time blocking of new and unknown threats. Just in the last few months, machine learning has helped us to protect hundreds of thousands of customers against ransomware,

QuickHeal Security

CVE-2018-8174: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – An advisory by Quick Heal Security Labs

May 10, 2018 admin CVE-2018-8174, exploit, Internet Explorer, microsoft windows, RCE, Security patch, VBScript, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Prashant Kadam| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 11:50:17 +0000

The recent zero-day vulnerability in Windows VBScript Engine (CVE-2018-8174), enables attackers to perform a remote code execution on targeted machines. Microsoft has released a security advisory CVE-2018-8174 on May 8, 2018, to address this issue. According to Microsoft, it impacts most of the Windows Operating Systems. Vulnerable versions Windows 7 x86 and x64 versions Windows…

QuickHeal Security

CVE-2018-8174 : Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – An advisory by Quick Heal Security Labs

May 10, 2018 admin CVE-2018-8174, exploit, Internet Explorer, microsoft windows, RCE, Security patch, VBScript, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Prashant Kadam| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 11:50:17 +0000