Join us this month as we recap the Microsoft and 3rd Party security patches released on Patch Tuesday. We will discuss things to watch out for, products to be sure to test adequately, and which patches should be highest priority to roll out.
Around the globe, Halloween and related celebrations are right around the corner. In the states, this is the month of trick-or-treat and pumpkin patches. And out in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is focused on patches of a different sort—keeping an eye on vulnerabilities hackers could use to unleash nasty tricks upon the world. For October Patch Tuesday you’d be wise to patch all Microsoft CVEs swiftly, publicly disclosed and otherwise, before more than just the one we’ve noted below get exploited.
Here is the user guide for Version 9.0 of Examview.
I am an authorized consultant for eInstruction by Turning Technologies in South Carolina.
Bill McIntosh
Phone : 843-442-8888
Email : WKMcIntosh@Comcast.net
CV0-001 CertMagic Exam contains all the questions and answers to pass CV0-001 IT Exam on first try. The Questions & answers are verified and selected by professionals in the field and ensure accuracy and efficiency throughout the whole Product
The holidays are just around the corner. How, you wonder, are we going to tie those into November Patch Tuesday? Through tradition, of course! Because what are the holidays without that treasured recipe you replicate line by line each year? And what is security without steadfast adherence to the list of controls you've put in place? The KRACK vulnerability is another in this year's endless litany of reminders that keeping up with software updates is critical. Be sure you've pushed out the October OS updates - and don't let the tradition slip this month either, as there are quite a few Critical security vulnerabilities to patch.
Semi-Automated Security Testing of Web applicationsRam G Athreya
Market research survey on Internet attacks reports that more than 70% of the attacks are on the application layer. This is because 1. More valuable information (electronic money details) is at the application level and 2. Relatively there are more unaddressed vulnerabilities. Considering the fact that there are still inadequate adoption of security development practices across the numerous application development communities, the security testing of the web applications becomes highly critical and rigorous.
In our project we have created a penetration testing tool (Black Box Testing Tool) that will check for vulnerabilities in a semi – automated fashion on a target web application. We have tested and demonstrated the functionality and effectiveness of our tool by running this tool on 1. On a target vulnerable web application created by us and 2. On live web sites of a customer organization. The results have been revealing and have been documented appropriately in the following report. We have also provided recommendations as part of corrective action against the discovered vulnerabilities and statements of best practices based on ISO27002 and such other organizations as a preventive action in order to avoid recurrence of such vulnerabilities.
DevOps for Mainframe: Open Source Fast TrackDevOps.com
This session will provide teams struggling to incorporate mainframe appdev and operations into their enterprise DevOps programs with pragmatic, real world guidance.
Learn about key enablers like modernizing the developer experience with Visual Studio Code, Che and Git and opening the mainframe to automation tools like Mocha, Gulp and Jenkins. Hear the best practices that result in quick wins, establishing creditability for continued investment.
By integrating the mainframe with enterprise DevOps, companies ensure their digital transformations benefit from rich mainframe-based resources.
Join us this month as we recap the Microsoft and 3rd Party security patches released on Patch Tuesday. We will discuss things to watch out for, products to be sure to test adequately, and which patches should be highest priority to roll out.
Around the globe, Halloween and related celebrations are right around the corner. In the states, this is the month of trick-or-treat and pumpkin patches. And out in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is focused on patches of a different sort—keeping an eye on vulnerabilities hackers could use to unleash nasty tricks upon the world. For October Patch Tuesday you’d be wise to patch all Microsoft CVEs swiftly, publicly disclosed and otherwise, before more than just the one we’ve noted below get exploited.
Here is the user guide for Version 9.0 of Examview.
I am an authorized consultant for eInstruction by Turning Technologies in South Carolina.
Bill McIntosh
Phone : 843-442-8888
Email : WKMcIntosh@Comcast.net
CV0-001 CertMagic Exam contains all the questions and answers to pass CV0-001 IT Exam on first try. The Questions & answers are verified and selected by professionals in the field and ensure accuracy and efficiency throughout the whole Product
The holidays are just around the corner. How, you wonder, are we going to tie those into November Patch Tuesday? Through tradition, of course! Because what are the holidays without that treasured recipe you replicate line by line each year? And what is security without steadfast adherence to the list of controls you've put in place? The KRACK vulnerability is another in this year's endless litany of reminders that keeping up with software updates is critical. Be sure you've pushed out the October OS updates - and don't let the tradition slip this month either, as there are quite a few Critical security vulnerabilities to patch.
Semi-Automated Security Testing of Web applicationsRam G Athreya
Market research survey on Internet attacks reports that more than 70% of the attacks are on the application layer. This is because 1. More valuable information (electronic money details) is at the application level and 2. Relatively there are more unaddressed vulnerabilities. Considering the fact that there are still inadequate adoption of security development practices across the numerous application development communities, the security testing of the web applications becomes highly critical and rigorous.
In our project we have created a penetration testing tool (Black Box Testing Tool) that will check for vulnerabilities in a semi – automated fashion on a target web application. We have tested and demonstrated the functionality and effectiveness of our tool by running this tool on 1. On a target vulnerable web application created by us and 2. On live web sites of a customer organization. The results have been revealing and have been documented appropriately in the following report. We have also provided recommendations as part of corrective action against the discovered vulnerabilities and statements of best practices based on ISO27002 and such other organizations as a preventive action in order to avoid recurrence of such vulnerabilities.
DevOps for Mainframe: Open Source Fast TrackDevOps.com
This session will provide teams struggling to incorporate mainframe appdev and operations into their enterprise DevOps programs with pragmatic, real world guidance.
Learn about key enablers like modernizing the developer experience with Visual Studio Code, Che and Git and opening the mainframe to automation tools like Mocha, Gulp and Jenkins. Hear the best practices that result in quick wins, establishing creditability for continued investment.
By integrating the mainframe with enterprise DevOps, companies ensure their digital transformations benefit from rich mainframe-based resources.
Mises à jour d'Apple pour macOS, iPad OS, iOS et Safari résolvant deux exploits Zero Day. Microsoft a publié des mises à jour résolvant 97 nouveaux CVE.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Join us this month as we recap the Microsoft and 3rd Party security patches released on Patch Tuesday. We will discuss things to watch out for, products to be sure to test adequately, and which patches should be highest priority to roll out.
L'analisi del Patch Tuesday di Ivanti va oltre l'applicazione di patch alle tue applicazioni e ti offre le informazioni e la guida necessarie per stabilire le priorità su cui concentrare la tua attenzione.
Are you feeling like you'd like to have poked your fingers into the center of the Meltdown and Spectre patches like a box of Valentine's chocolates? There were some unsavory surprises for sure. Fortunately, the kinks are largely worked out and February Patch Tuesday is more straightforward. If there is one word for this month in patching, it's not "love" or "romance" but "privilege." Patch the elevation-of-privilege vulnerabilities, and then take a closer look at your policy on privilege management. Make sure you're keeping attackers from storming the heart of your organization.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
Join us this month as we recap the Microsoft and 3rd Party security patches released on Patch Tuesday. We will discuss things to watch out for, products to be sure to test adequately, and which patches should be highest priority to roll out.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
El análisis del Patch Tuesday de Ivanti va más allá de la aplicación de parches a sus aplicaciones y le ofrece la inteligencia y orientación necesarias para priorizar dónde debes enfocarte. Consulta los últimos análisis en nuestro blog Ivanti y únete a los expertos del sector en el webinar de Patch Tuesday. En él profundizaremos en cada uno de los informes y ofreceremos orientación sobre los riesgos asociados a las vulnerabilidades más recientes.
L'analisi del Patch Tuesday di Ivanti va oltre l'applicazione di patch alle tue applicazioni e ti offre le informazioni e la guida necessarie per stabilire le priorità su cui concentrare la tua attenzione.
El análisis del Patch Tuesday de Ivanti va más allá de la aplicación de parches a sus aplicaciones y le ofrece la inteligencia y orientación necesarias para priorizar dónde debes enfocarte. Consulta los últimos análisis en nuestro blog Ivanti y únete a los expertos del sector en el webinar de Patch Tuesday. En él profundizaremos en cada uno de los informes y ofreceremos orientación sobre los riesgos asociados a las vulnerabilidades más recientes.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
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Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
El análisis del Patch Tuesday de Ivanti va más allá de la aplicación de parches a sus aplicaciones y le ofrece la inteligencia y orientación necesarias para priorizar dónde debes enfocarte. Consulta los últimos análisis en nuestro blog Ivanti y únete a los expertos del sector en el webinar de Patch Tuesday. En él profundizaremos en cada uno de los informes y ofreceremos orientación sobre los riesgos asociados a las vulnerabilidades más recientes.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
L'analisi del Patch Tuesday di Ivanti va oltre l'applicazione di patch alle tue applicazioni e ti offre le informazioni e la guida necessarie per stabilire le priorità su cui concentrare la tua attenzione.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
El análisis del Patch Tuesday de Ivanti va más allá de la aplicación de parches a sus aplicaciones y le ofrece la inteligencia y orientación necesarias para priorizar dónde debes enfocarte. Consulta los últimos análisis en nuestro blog Ivanti y únete a los expertos del sector en el webinar de Patch Tuesday. En él profundizaremos en cada uno de los informes y ofreceremos orientación sobre los riesgos asociados a las vulnerabilidades más recientes.
L'analisi del Patch Tuesday di Ivanti va oltre l'applicazione di patch alle tue applicazioni e ti offre le informazioni e la guida necessarie per stabilire le priorità su cui concentrare la tua attenzione.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
El análisis del Patch Tuesday de Ivanti va más allá de la aplicación de parches a sus aplicaciones y le ofrece la inteligencia y orientación necesarias para priorizar dónde debes enfocarte. Consulta los últimos análisis en nuestro blog Ivanti y únete a los expertos del sector en el webinar de Patch Tuesday. En él profundizaremos en cada uno de los informes y ofreceremos orientación sobre los riesgos asociados a las vulnerabilidades más recientes.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
L'analisi del Patch Tuesday di Ivanti va oltre l'applicazione di patch alle tue applicazioni e ti offre le informazioni e la guida necessarie per stabilire le priorità su cui concentrare la tua attenzione.
El análisis del Patch Tuesday de Ivanti va más allá de la aplicación de parches a sus aplicaciones y le ofrece la inteligencia y orientación necesarias para priorizar dónde debes enfocarte. Consulta los últimos análisis en nuestro blog Ivanti y únete a los expertos del sector en el webinar de Patch Tuesday. En él profundizaremos en cada uno de los informes y ofreceremos orientación sobre los riesgos asociados a las vulnerabilidades más recientes.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
El análisis del Patch Tuesday de Ivanti va más allá de la aplicación de parches a sus aplicaciones y le ofrece la inteligencia y orientación necesarias para priorizar dónde debes enfocarte. Consulta los últimos análisis en nuestro blog Ivanti y únete a los expertos del sector en el webinar de Patch Tuesday. En él profundizaremos en cada uno de los informes y ofreceremos orientación sobre los riesgos asociados a las vulnerabilidades más recientes.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
L'analisi del Patch Tuesday di Ivanti va oltre l'applicazione di patch alle tue applicazioni e ti offre le informazioni e la guida necessarie per stabilire le priorità su cui concentrare la tua attenzione.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
L'analisi del Patch Tuesday di Ivanti va oltre l'applicazione di patch alle tue applicazioni e ti offre le informazioni e la guida necessarie per stabilire le priorità su cui concentrare la tua attenzione.
Rejoignez-nous ce mois-ci pour un récapitulatif des correctifs de sécurité Microsoft et d’applications tierces publiés à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday. Nous discuterons notamment des vulnérabilités à surveiller, des produits à tester et des correctifs à déployer en priorité.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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July 2015 Patch Tuesday Overview
Review July 2015 Security Bulletins
Patch Recommendations
Other patches released since last Patch Tuesday
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14 Microsoft Security Bulletins / 59 Vulnerabilities Addressed
Adobe Flash Bulletin / 2 Vulnerabilities Addressed
Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader / 46 Vulnerabilities Addressed
Adobe Shockwave / 2 Vulnerabilities Addressed
Oracle Java / 25 Vulnerabilities Addressed
Google Chrome Release / Support for latest Flash Plug-In
Affected Products:
All supported Windows operating systems
Internet Explorer
Microsoft Office 2010, 2013
SQL Server 2014, 2010, 2005
Adobe Flash, Acrobat, Reader, Shockwave
Google Chrome 43
Oracle Java 8u51
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Security Bulletins:
5 bulletin is rated as Critical.
9 bulletins are rated as Important.
Vulnerability Impact:
7 bulletin addresses vulnerabilities that could allow Remote Code Execution.
7 bulletins address vulnerabilities that could allow Elevation of Privileges.
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Overview for Microsoft July 2015
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Security Bulletins:
Adobe Flash update for Flash Player (Priority 1)
Adobe AcrobatReader (Priority 2)
Adobe Shockwave (Priority 1)
Oracle Java (Critical)
Google Chrome update for Chrome 43 (No rating by Google, Flash plug-in Priority 1)
Vulnerability Impact:
Adobe Flash resolves 2 vulnerabilities including Remote Code Execution.
Adobe Shockwave resolves 2 vulnerabilities including Remote Code Execution.
Adobe AcrobatReader resolves 46 vulnerabilities including Remote Code Execution, Information
Disclosure, Privilege Escalation, DoS.
Google Chrome support for latest Flash plug-in (2 vulnerabilities)
Oracle Java resovles 25 vulnerabilities 23 of which can be executed remotely without authentication.
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Overview for 3rd Party Vendors July 2015
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Maximum Severity: Priority 1
Affected Products: Adobe Flash 13 and 18, Flash plug-ins for IE, Chrome, and FireFox
Description: Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.
These updates address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected
system. Adobe is aware of reports that exploits targeting these vulnerabilities have been published publicly.
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Fixes 2 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-5122, CVE-2015-5123
Replaces: All previous Flash 13 and 18 versions
Restart Required:
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APSB15-18: Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
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Maximum Severity: Priority 1
Affected Products: Adobe Shockwave Player 12
Description: Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Shockwave Player for Windows and Macintosh. This
update addresses critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Fixes 2 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-5120, CVE-2015-5121
Replaces: All previous Shockwave 12
Restart Required:
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APSB15-17: Security update available for Adobe Shockwave Player
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Maximum Severity:
Affected Products: Google Chrome
Description: The stable channel has been updated to 43.0.2357.134 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Impact: Supports update for Flash Plug-in including 2 security fixes
Fixes ? vulnerabilities:
Replaces: All previous versions
Restart Required:
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CHROME-138(QGC4302357132): Chrome 43.0.2357.132
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Maximum Severity: Critical
Affected Products: Internet Explorer
Description: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of the
vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer.
An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user.
Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those
who operate with administrative user rights.
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Fixes 29 vulnerabilities:
Publicly disclosed CVE-2015-2398, CVE-2015-2419, CVE-2015-2421, CVE-2015-2413, CVE-2015-1729,
CVE-2015-1733, CVE-2015-1738, CVE-2015-1767, CVE-2015-2372, CVE-2015-2383, CVE-2015-2384, CVE-
2015-2385, CVE-2015-2388, CVE-2015-2389, CVE-2015-2390, CVE-2015-2391, CVE-2015-2397, CVE-2015-
2401, CVE-2015-2402, CVE-2015-2403, CVE-2015-2404, CVE-2015-2406, CVE-2015-2408, CVE-2015-2410,
CVE-2015-2411, CVE-2015-2412, CVE-2015-2414, CVE-2015-2422, CVE-2015-2425 (Exploited in Wild)
Replaces: 3058515 in MS15-056,
Restart Required: Requires Restart
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MS15-065: Security Update for Internet Explorer (3076321)
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Maximum Severity: Critical
Affected Products: Windows (VBScript)
Description: This security update resolves a vulnerability in the VBScript scripting engine in Microsoft Windows.
The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a specially crafted website. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is
logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new
accounts with full user rights.
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Fixes 1 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2372
Replaces: 3030403 in MS15-019,
Restart Required: may Require Restart
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MS15-066: Vulnerability in VBScript Scripting Engine Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (3072604)
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Maximum Severity: Critical
Affected Products: Windows (RDP)
Description: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow
remote code execution if an attacker sends a specially crafted sequence of packets to a targeted system with Remote
Desktop Protocol (RDP) enabled. By default, RDP is not enabled on any Windows operating system. Systems that do
not have RDP enabled are not at risk.
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Fixes 1 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2373
Replaces: 2965788 and 3035017 in MS15-030,
Restart Required: may Require Restart
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MS15-067: Vulnerability in RDP Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(3073094)
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Maximum Severity: Critical
Affected Products: Windows (Hyper-V)
Description: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow
remote code execution in a host context if a specially crafted application is run by an authenticated and privileged user
on a guest virtual machine hosted by Hyper-V. An attacker must have valid logon credentials for a guest virtual
machine to exploit this vulnerability.
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Fixes 2 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2361, CVE-2015-2362
Replaces: none,
Restart Required: Requires Restart
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MS15-068: Vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (3072000)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: Microsoft Office
Description: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote
code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could run
arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be
less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Fixes 8 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2375, CVE-2015-2376, CVE-2015-2377, CVE-2015-2378, CVE-2015-2379, CVE-
2015-2380, CVE-2015-2415, CVE-2015-2424 (Exploited in wild)
Replaces: 2956103 in MS15-022,
Restart Required: May Require Restart
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MS15-070: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (3072620)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: Windows
Description: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow
elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to a target system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code and take complete control of an affected system.
An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Fixes 1 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2387 (exploited in wild)
Replaces: 3032323 in MS15-021
Restart Required: Requires Restart
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MS15-077: Vulnerability in ATM Font Driver Could Allow
Elevation of Privilege (3077657)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: SQL 2014, 2010, 2005
Description: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server. The most severe vulnerabilities
could allow remote code execution if an authenticated attacker runs a specially crafted query that is designed to
execute a virtual function from a wrong address, leading to a function call to uninitialized memory. To exploit this
vulnerability an attacker would need permissions to create or modify a database.
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Fixes 3 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-1761, CVE-2015-1762, CVE-2015-1763
Replaces: none
Restart Required: may Require Restart
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MS15-058: Vulnerabilities in SQL Server Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (3065718)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: Windows
Description: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow
Remote Code Execution if an attacker first places a specially crafted dynamic link library (DLL) file in the target user’s
current working directory and then convinces the user to open an RTF file or to launch a program that is designed to
load a trusted DLL file but instead loads the attacker’s specially crafted DLL file. An attacker who successfully
exploited the vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs;
view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Fixes 2 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2368 , CVE-2015-2369
Replaces: none,
Restart Required: May Require Restart
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MS15-069: Vulnerabilities in Windows Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (3072631)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: Windows (NetLogon)
Description: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow
elevation of privilege if an attacker with access to a primary domain controller (PDC) on a target network runs a
specially crafted application to establish a secure channel to the PDC as a backup domain controller (BDC).
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Fixes 1 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2374
Replaces: 3002657 in MS15-027,
Restart Required: Requires Restart
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MS15-071: Vulnerability in Netlogon Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
(3068457)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: Windows
Description: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow
elevation of privilege if Windows Graphics component fails to properly process bitmap conversions. An authenticated
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could elevate privileges on a targeted system. An attacker could
then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full administrative rights. An attacker
must first log on to the system to exploit this vulnerability.
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Fixes 1 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2364
Replaces: 3046306 in MS15-035, 2964736 in MS14-036 and 2965155 in MS14-036
Restart Required: Requires Restart
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MS15-072: Vulnerability in Windows Graphics Component Could
Allow Elevation of Privilege (3069392)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: Windwos (KMD)
Description: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow
elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a specially crafted application..
Impact: Elevation of Privilege, Information Disclosure, DoS
Fixes 6 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2363, CVE-2015-2365, CVE-2015-2366, CVE-2015-2367, CVE-2015-2381, CVE-2015-2382
Replaces: 3057839 in MS15-061,
Restart Required: Requires Restart
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MS15-073: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could
Allow Elevation of Privilege (3070102)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: Windows
Description: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow
elevation of privilege if the Windows Installer service improperly runs custom action scripts. An attacker must first
compromise a user who is logged on to the target system to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker could then install
programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full administrative rights.
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Fixes 1 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2371
Replaces: 2918614 in MS14-049
Restart Required: Requires Restart
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MS15-074: Vulnerability in Windows Installer Service Could
Allow Elevation of Privilege (3072630)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: Windows
Description: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow
elevation of privilege if used in conjunction with another vulnerability that allows arbitrary code to be run. Once the
other vulnerability has been exploited, an attacker could then exploit the vulnerabilities addressed in this bulletin to
cause arbitrary code to run at a medium integrity level
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Fixes 2 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2416, CVE-2015-2417
Replaces: 2876217 in MS13-070
Restart Required: May Require Restart
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MS15-075: Vulnerabilities in OLE Could Allow Elevation of
Privilege (3072633)
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Maximum Severity: Important
Affected Products: Windows
Description: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability, which exists in
Windows Remote Procedure Call (RPC) authentication, could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an
affected system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could
take complete control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or
create new accounts with full user rights.
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Fixes 1 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2015-2370
Replaces: 3061518 in MS15-055
Restart Required: Requires Restart
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MS15-076: Vulnerability in Windows Remote Procedure Call
Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3067505)
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Maximum Severity: Priority 2
Affected Products: Windows
Description: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow
elevation of privilege if the Windows Installer service improperly runs custom action scripts. An attacker must first
compromise a user who is logged on to the target system to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker could then install
programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full administrative rights.
Impact: Code Execution, Information Disclosure, Elevation of Privilege, DoS
Fixes 46 vulnerabilities:
CVE-2014-0566, CVE-2014-8450, CVE-2015-3095, CVE-2015-4435, CVE-2015-4438, CVE-2015-4441, CVE-2015-4443, CVE-2015-
4444, CVE-2015-4445, CVE-2015-4446, CVE-2015-4447, CVE-2015-4448, CVE-2015-4449, CVE-2015-4450, CVE-2015-4451, CVE-
2015-4452, CVE-2015-5085, CVE-2015-5086, CVE-2015-5087, CVE-2015-5088, CVE-2015-5089, CVE-2015-5090, CVE-2015-5091,
CVE-2015-5092, CVE-2015-5093, CVE-2015-5094, CVE-2015-5095, CVE-2015-5096, CVE-2015-5097, CVE-2015-5098, CVE-2015-
5099, CVE-2015-5100, CVE-2015-5101, CVE-2015-5102, CVE-2015-5103, CVE-2015-5104, CVE-2015-5105, CVE-2015-5106, CVE-
2015-5107, CVE-2015-5108, CVE-2015-5109, CVE-2015-5110, CVE-2015-5111, CVE-2015-5113, CVE-2015-5114, CVE-2015-5115
Replaces: Previous AcrobatReader versions
Restart Required:
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APSB15-15: Security Updates Available for Adobe Acrobat and
Reader
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Patch Day SummaryCompany Bulletin Software Affected CVE Count Vulnerability Impact Vendor Severity Threat Risk Notes
Microsoft MS15-058 SQL 3 Remote Code Execution Important Moderate Was the missing bulletin from last month.
Microsoft
MS15-065 Internet Explorer 29 Remote Code Execution Critical High
Publicly disclosed CVE-2015-2398, CVE-2015-2419, CVE-2015-
2421, CVE-2015-2413. Public disclosure drastically increases the
chance a vulnerability will be exploited. Exploited in Wild: CVE-
2015-2425
Microsoft MS15-066 Windows (VBScript) 1 Remote Code Execution Critical Moderate-High
Microsoft MS15-067 Windows (RDP) 1 Remote Code Execution Critical Moderate-High
Microsoft MS15-068 Windows (Hyper-V) 2 Remote Code Execution Critical Moderate-High
Microsoft MS15-069 Windows 2 Remote Code Execution Important Low-Moderate
Microsoft MS15-070 Office 8 Remote Code Execution Important High Exploited in wild CVE-2015-2424
Microsoft MS15-071 Windows (NetLogon) 1 Elevation of Privilege Important Low-Moderate
Microsoft MS15-072 Windows 1 Elevation of Privilege Important Low-Moderate
Microsoft MS15-073 Windows (KMD) 6 Elevation of Privilege Important Low-Moderate
Microsoft MS15-074 Windows (Installer) 1 Elevation of Privilege Important Low-Moderate
Microsoft MS15-075 Windows (OLE) 2 Elevation of Privilege Important Low-Moderate
Microsoft MS15-076 Windows (RPC) 1 Elevation of Privilege Important Low-Moderate
Microsoft MS15-077 Windows (ATM Font Driver) 1 Elevation of Privilege Important Moderate-High Publicly disclosed, Exploited in wild CVE-2015-2387
Adobe
APSB15-15 Acrobat and Reader 46
Code Execution, privilege
escalation, security feature
bypass, DoS, Information
Disclosure
Priority 2 Low-Moderate
Adobe APSB15-17 Shockwave 2 Code Execution Priority 1 Moderate-High
Adobe
APSB15-18 Flash Player 2 Code Execution Priority 1 High
CVE-2015-5122 and CVE-2015-5123 are both publicly disclosed
as part of the Hacking Team breach that occurred recently.
Likliehood of these exploits to be used is very high and could already
be in progress.
Google
Chrome-43 Chrome 0* Critical High
Supports the latest Adobe Flash Player update. This update should
be applied as soon as possible.
Apple
iTunes
Release expected, but had not yet dropped at the time this was sent
out.
Oracle Java7u75
Java8u33
Java 25 Remote Code Execution Critical High
23 of the 25 CVEs are remotely exploitable without authentication.
Includes first zero day for Java in two years. http://java-0day.com/
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Editor's Notes
5 public disclosures and one exploited in wild in Microsoft release
2 Zero Days in Flash Player
1 Zero Day in Java
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
To fully resolve Flash vulnerabilities you need to update all versions of Flash and Plug-ins on machines. This includes Flash for the OS, Flash plug-in for IE, Chrome, and for FireFox.
Flash has seen multiple exploits in the wild this year. Consider this urgent on all systems. Remove or update without question.
These two and one more from last week, publicly disclosed, integrated into exploit kits, potentially already being used in wild.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/third-hacking-team-flash-zero-day-found/
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/hacking-team-flash-zero-day-integrated-into-exploit-kits/
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
23 of these vulnerabilities are remotely exploitable without authentication.
First Zero Day found in Java in over 2 years http://java-0day.com/
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/pawn-storm-update-trend-micro-discovers-new-java-zero-day-exploit/
Java 7 is no longer supported. Java 7u85 is available through Oracle Premier Support.
These vulnerabilities exist in Java 7, but updates are only available if you are on OPS.
Get the extended support or reduce installs, virtualize, restrict access, remove direct internet connectivity from these systems immediately.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
This update is required to resolve the latest Flash 13 and 18 plug-in update which has 13 vulnerabilities including one zero day currently being exploited.
The update includes additional security fixes, but specific count and CVE numbers were not yet available.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
Public Disclosure: CVE-2015-2398, CVE-2015-2419, CVE-2015-2421, CVE-2015-2413. Public disclosure drastically increases the chance a vulnerability will be exploited.
Exploited in Wild: CVE-2015-2425 this vulnerability has already been identified in attacks in the wild.
Attacker could host specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability through IE then convince a user to view the website. An attacker could also embed an ActiveX control marked "safe for initialization" in an application or Microsoft Office document that hosts the IE rendering engine. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements. These websites could contain specially crafted content that could exploit this vulnerability.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
Applicable to VBScript 5.8. Not applicable to earlier versions.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
Permanent DoS attack possible. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted sequence of packets to a system running the RDP server service. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how the terminal service handles packets.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid logon credentials for a guest virtual machine. Systems where Windows Hyper-V is installed are primarily at risk. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Hyper-V handles packet size memory initialization in guest virtual machines.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. In an email attack scenario an attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file. In a web-based attack scenario an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) that contains a specially crafted file that is designed to exploit the vulnerabilities. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or Instant Messenger message.
An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take complete control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 1. This means you should update as soon as possible on all systems.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to a target system and then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how ATMFD handles objects in memory.
This vulnerability has been publicly disclosed. It has been assigned Common Vulnerability and Exposure number CVE-2015-2387. When this bulletin was originally released, Microsoft was aware of limited, targeted attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 2. This means the update should be implemented in a reasonable timeframe after adequate testing..
Bulletin was held back last month. Take some extra time to test.
Note For the GDR branch, after applying the update you will not see database upgrade script execution. This is the expected behavior since the patch only replaces the binary files.
For additional installation instructions, see the Security Update Information subsection for your SQL Server edition in the Update Information section.
What are the GDR and QFE update designations and how do they differ? The General Distribution Release (GDR) and Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) designations correspond to the two different update servicing branches in place for SQL Server. The primary difference between the two is that QFE branches cumulatively include all updates while GDR branches include only security updates for a given baseline. A baseline can be the initial RTM release or a Service Pack.
For any given baseline, either the GDR or QFE branch updates are options if you are at the baseline or have installed a previous GDR update for that baseline. The QFE branch is the only option if you have installed a previous QFE for the baseline you are on.
Will these security updates be offered to SQL Server clusters? Yes. The updates will also be offered to SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, and SQL Server 2014 instances that are clustered. Updates for SQL Server clusters will require user interaction.
If the SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, or SQL Server 2014 cluster has a passive node, to reduce downtime, Microsoft recommends that you scan and apply the update to the inactive node first, then scan and apply it to the active node. When all components have been updated on all nodes, the update will no longer be offered.
Can the security updates be applied to SQL Server instances on Windows Azure (IaaS)? Yes. SQL Server instances on Windows Azure (IaaS) can be offered the security updates through Microsoft Update, or customers can download the security updates from Microsoft Download Center and apply them manually.
Does this security update contain any non-security changes to functionality? Yes. In addition to the security-related changes discussed in the Vulnerability Details section of this bulletin, the security update also includes some important non-security fixes. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3065718.
I am running Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1, which is not listed as affected software. Why am I being offered an update? Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 is not affected by the vulnerabilities discussed in this bulletin, but is subject to an important non-security fix that is being released with this security update. Therefore, customers running the GDR branch of Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 will be offered non-security update 3070446. For a general description of the non-security update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3070446. For more information about the non-security fix, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3067257.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 2. This means the update should be implemented in a reasonable timeframe after adequate testing.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 2. This means you should apply this update to systems within 30 days.
To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first need to have access to a PDC on a target network. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could establish a secure channel to the PDC as a backup domain controller (BDC) and may be able to disclose credentials. Servers configured as domain controllers are at risk from this vulnerability. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that Netlogon handles establishing secure channels.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 2. This means the update should be implemented in a reasonable timeframe after adequate testing.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must first log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that is designed to increase privileges. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows processes bitmap conversions.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 2. This means the update should be implemented in a reasonable timeframe after adequate testing.
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take complete control over an affected system.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 2. This means the update should be implemented in a reasonable timeframe after adequate testing.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must first compromise a user who is logged on to the target system, then find a vulnerable .msi package that is installed on the target system and, finally, place specially crafted code on the target system that the vulnerable .msi package can execute.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 2. This means the update should be implemented in a reasonable timeframe after adequate testing.
An attacker could exploit another vulnerability to run arbitrary code. An attacker could then, in turn, exploit these vulnerabilities to cause arbitrary code to run at a medium integrity level (permissions of the current user).
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 2. This means the update should be implemented in a reasonable timeframe after adequate testing.
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application designed to elevate privileges.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 2. This means the update should be implemented in a reasonable timeframe after adequate testing.
Shavlik Priority:
Shavlik rates this bulletin as a Priority 3. Consider this update for testing and rollout when convenient.
Note:
Some 3rd party updates may be non-security, but are still classified in Protect as Security. This is due to the fact that the step from current to this version July include security fixes based on the version currently on a machine. It would only be considered non-security if you were up to the latest version before the non-security release was made available.