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Patch Tuesday alert: Make sure Windows Auto Update is temporarily disabled
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 05:03:00 -0800
For those of you who haven’t patched since May, there’s exceedingly bad news on the horizon. Per Catalin Cimpanu at ZDNet, Metasploit’s working-but-just-barely BlueKeep exploit is about to get a significant bug fix. That’ll put BlueKeep infection capabilities in the hands of mere mortals. The script kiddies won’t be far behind.
If you’re using — or you know someone who’s using — Windows XP, Vista, Win7, Server 2003, Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2, get patched now. The fix is easy. Even Aunt Martha can handle it.
With a few exceptions, all’s clear to install Microsoft’s October patches
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 09:54:00 -0700
If you had automatic update turned on at the beginning of October, you got clobbered with a bug-infested, out-of-band update for an IE-related zero-day that never appeared in real life. Later in the month, those with automatic update turned on were treated to a wide assortment of bugs (Start and Search fails, RDP redlines, older Visual Basic program blasts) – only some of which were solved with the month’s final, optional, non-security patches.
How to and why you should disable LLMNR with Windows Server
Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution could enable a man-in-the-middle attack, so it’s best to disable the protocol when setting up Windows Server 2019.
Microsoft Patch Alert: October updates bring problems with Start, RDP, Ethernet, older VB programs
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:18:00 -0700
October started out on an extraordinarily low note. On Oct. 3, Microsoft released an “out of band” security update to protect all Windows users from an Internet Explorer scripting engine bug, CVE-2019-1367, once thought to be an imminent danger to all things (and all versions) Windows.
It was the third attempt to fix that security hole and each of the versions brought its own set of bugs.
How to double-check permissions post migration from Windows 7
It pays to make sure all permissions in your Windows environment are correct after migrating from Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2. Here’s how to check.
Microsoft’s Windows, Office 365 advice for secure elections
Microsoft has issued guidance and offered resources to help election officials and candidate campaigns to better protect their Windows and Office 365 systems.
9 ways to use Windows 7 (safely) when support ends
Credit to Author: Andy Patrizio| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:51:00 -0700
With Microsoft's support ending in January, our Windows 7 Survival Guide for 2020 offers ways to protect your older machines that can't or won't be upgraded.
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