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Hyatt Hack: Major Data Breach

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Hyatt Breach Affects 41 Hotels Worldwide

We would like to warn hotel guests of another credit card breach at Hyatt Group, the second since December 2015. On Thursday last week, 41 of its hotels spread across 13 countries confirmed unauthorized access to payment card information.

China had the worst breach with 18 hotels impacted, with three in North America. India, Japan and Saudi Arabia were also exposed.

Chuck Floyd, global president of operations for Hyatt Hotels Corporation, in an open letter to customers posted to its website “Based on our investigation, we understand that such unauthorized access to card data was caused by an insertion of malicious software code from a third party onto certain hotel IT systems.”

Hyatt suffered a similar breach affecting 250 hotels located in 50 countries back in 2015. In a prepared statement at the time Hyatt stated, “Hyatt has taken steps to strengthen the security of its systems, and customers can feel confident using payment cards at Hyatt hotels worldwide.”

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Robert Brown, Director of Services for Verismic said, “It’s possible the steps taken by the Hyatt group back in December 2015 are still being deployed throughout the organization, especially if those systems are dispersed around the globe and not connected by a common network. When choosing your systems management toolset, you need to implement the solution which is secured using 2048bit certificates and two factor authentication but also works regardless of where the endpoints are located.

This is something built into the DNA of Syxsense, to operate securely as long as there is an internet connection. Using Syxsense, these endpoints could have been protected within a couple of weeks.”

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October Patch Tuesday: Silent But Deadly

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Should Third-Party Really Be your Second Priority?

If you have a patching strategy delivering Microsoft updates on a routine basis, you should extend that capacity to include third-party updates.

Just a couple weeks ago, we discovered a massive compromise in one of the world’s largest business and personal computer utilities, “CCleaner” by Piriform.

Version 5.33.6162 was released with injected malicious code which would expose any system to hackers remotely gaining access to that system. To make matters worse, CCleaner does not come with an automatic update capability so remediating these issues requires a toolset which can remotely deploy or patch third-party software. Piriform said that Avast, its new parent company, had uncovered the attacks on Sept. 12, with a new, uncompromised version of CCleaner being released the same day.

Robert Brown, Director of Services for Verismic said, “Your patch management strategy must include both the operating system and any software or third-party updates to be reassured of your environment’s safety. Deploying only Windows updates is not closing the holes used by hackers in the current wave of ever increasing sophisticated hacks.

Syxsense includes both Microsoft, Linux and the most popular third-party vendors so you can be reassured everything is covered.”

Source: TechPowerUp

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What takes 206 days?

Cyberattacks are an increasingly serious risk for organizations, but many executives believe their organization won’t be targeted. They claim their organization is too small to be on the attackers’ radars or that they have nothing worth stealing.

Many cybercriminals are indiscriminate in their attacks and can always find something of interest. However, companies that believe they’re safe may already be penetrated – they just don’t know it yet.

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A study found that US companies took an average of 206 days to detect a data breach. This is an increase on the previous year (201 days) where a survey showed 20 percent of employees showed a lack of awareness for safe social media posting, choosing risky actions such as posting on their personal social media accounts. Data breaches are contained sooner if they’re detected by a staff member when conducting routine assessments of potential vulnerabilities within their organization.

“This is why it is important to have a proactive stance when it comes to patch management,” said Brown. “How long will it take before you realize you have been compromised?”

Ransomware is the fastest growing security threat, yet most companies are unprepared to deal with it, says a new study. Companies and government agencies are overwhelmed by frequent, severe attacks, according to the 2017 Ransomware Report commissioned by Cybersecurity Insiders and conducted by Crowd Research. That illustrates why ransomware damages are expected to hit $6,000,000,000 this year.

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October Patch Tuesday Release

Microsoft published its monthly security updates on October 10, 2017, addressing 62 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge, and Office. The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, gain elevated privileges, bypass security protections, view sensitive information, or cause a denial of service. View details of the complete Security Update Guide here.

We have selected the updates to prioritize this month. Our recommendation has been made using evidence from industry experts, anticipated business impact and the independent CVSS score for the vulnerability. The independent CVSS scores used in the table below range from 0 to 10. Vulnerabilities with a base score in the range 7.0-10.0 are High, those in the range 4.0-6.9 are Medium, and 0-3.9 are Low.

ID Vulnerability Alert CVSS Base Score Recommended
CVE-2017-11779 Microsoft Windows DNSAPI Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 9.8 Yes
CVE-2017-11786 Microsoft Skype for Business Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability 8.3 Yes
CVE-2017-8717 Microsoft Windows JET Database Engine Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 8.1 Yes
CVE-2017-8718 Microsoft Windows JET Database Engine Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 8.1 Yes
CVE-2017-11771 Microsoft Windows Search Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 8.1 Yes
CVE-2017-11781 Microsoft Windows Server Message Block Denial of Service Vulnerability 7.5 Yes
CVE-2017-11819 Microsoft Windows Shell Memory Corruption Vulnerability 7.5 Yes
CVE-2017-11782 Microsoft Windows Server Message Block Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 7.4 Yes
CVE-2017-11783 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 7.4 Yes
CVE-2017-11780 Microsoft Windows Server Message Block Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 7.3 Yes
CVE-2017-8689 Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 7 Yes
CVE-2017-8694 Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 7 Yes
CVE-2017-11824 Microsoft Windows Graphics Component Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 7 Yes
CVE-2017-8703 Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux Denial of Service Vulnerability 6.8 Yes
CVE-2017-11776 Microsoft Windows Universal Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability 6.5 Yes
CVE-2017-11815 Microsoft Windows Server Message Block Information Disclosure Vulnerability 6.4
CVE-2017-11784 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 6.1
CVE-2017-11785 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 6.1
CVE-2017-11772 Microsoft Windows Search Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.9
CVE-2017-11816 Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface+ Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.7
CVE-2017-11829 Microsoft Windows Update Delivery Optimization Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-11775 Microsoft SharePoint Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 5.4
CVE-2017-11777 Microsoft SharePoint Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 5.4
CVE-2017-11820 Microsoft SharePoint Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 5.4
CVE-2017-8693 Microsoft Windows Graphics Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.3
CVE-2017-8715 Microsoft Windows Device Guard Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability 5.3
CVE-2017-11765 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.3
CVE-2017-11814 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.3
CVE-2017-11823 Microsoft Windows Device Guard Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability 5.3
CVE-2017-11817 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.7
CVE-2017-11818 Microsoft Windows Storage Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability 4.5
CVE-2017-11790 Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-11794 Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8726 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8727 Microsoft Windows Shell Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11762 Microsoft Windows Graphics Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11763 Microsoft Windows Graphics Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11769 Microsoft Windows TRIE Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11774 Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11792 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11793 Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11796 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11797 Microsoft ChakraCore Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11798 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11799 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11800 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11801 Microsoft ChakraCore Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11802 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11804 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11805 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11806 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11807 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11808 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11809 Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11810 Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11811 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11812 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11813 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11821 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11822 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11825 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11826 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
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September Patch Tuesday: Escaping the Equi-Hack

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Money Well Spent

Every dollar of fraud to merchants and firms in the retail and financial services sector is estimated to cost $2.66 on average, said a new fraud report.

The LexisNexis Fraud Multiplier estimates the total amount of loss a business incurs, based on chargebacks, fees, interest, merchandise replacement and redistribution.

The study also investigates fraud costs as a percentage of revenues, as reported by survey respondents, to be nearly 2 percent (1.90 percent) across retail, e-commerce, financial services and digital lending businesses. Businesses that sell digital goods and/or conduct transactions primarily through remote channels take an even harder hit to their bottom line at 2.51 percent of revenues.

Robert Brown, Director of Services for Verismic says, “It’s astonishing how much money is being lost because critical systems are not being kept up to date. Updating critical systems is so easy using Syxsense. We recommend starting a trial to see how it can work for you.” Full article can be found here.

As recent as last Wednesday, a U.S. government website was hosting malicious ransomware. It has been wildly speculated that either the site was hacked, or it possibly stores attachments from government officials’ emails and the downloader was archived.

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The ransomware had similarities to the Blank Slate spam campaign which earlier this year was spreading Cerber. Emails in that campaign contained only a double-zip archive with the second containing either a malicious JavaScript file or a malicious Microsoft Word document. The emails contain no text, and experts believed then that all of this combined to evade detection.

Researcher Ankit Anubhav of NewSky Security tweeted the discovery Wednesday, and within hours, the malware link was taken down. It’s unknown whether anyone was infected through the site, full article can be found here.

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Check your Equifax Credit Report and Score Now

Victims of the massive Equifax breach may have to wait days to find out if they were impacted. Americans who either applied for new jobs, loans, or just wanted to check their credit score via Equifax are having a difficult time getting answers as to whether they are part of the breach of 143 million records that occurred Thursday.

Details of how this breach happened is still very unclear, however with companies suffering the same fate over the past year, the root cause is likely to be via a sophisticated cyberattack exposed using vulnerable software or operating systems.

Robert Brown, Director of Services for Verismic says, “We recommend clients download our ‘5 Biggest Patch Mistakes‘ whitepaper.

Microsoft published its monthly security updates on September 12, 2017. Microsoft addressed 81 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, gain elevated privileges, bypass security protections, view sensitive information, or cause a denial of service. Full details of the complete Security Update Guide can be found here.

Microsoft Updates

We have chosen a few updates to prioritize this month. This recommendation has been made using evidence from industry experts (including our own), anticipated business impact and the independent CVSS score for the vulnerability. The independent CVSS scores used in the table below range from 0 to 10. Vulnerabilities with a base score in the range 7.0-10.0 are High, those in the range 4.0-6.9 as Medium, and 0-3.9 as Low.

ID Vulnerability Alert CVSS Score Recommended
CVE-2017-8686 Microsoft Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 9.8 Yes
CVE-2017-8630 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability 9.6 Yes
CVE-2017-8631 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability 9.6 Yes
CVE-2017-8632 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability 9.6 Yes
CVE-2017-8725 Microsoft Office Publisher Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 9.6 Yes
CVE-2017-9417 Microsoft Windows HoloLens Wireless Network Driver Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 8.8 Yes
CVE-2017-8567 Microsoft Office Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 8.6 Yes
CVE-2017-8744 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability 8.6 Yes
CVE-2017-8682 Microsoft Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 8.4 Yes
CVE-2017-8742 Microsoft PowerPoint Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 8.3 Yes
CVE-2017-8743 Microsoft PowerPoint Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 8.3 Yes
CVE-2017-0161 Microsoft Windows NetBIOS Packet Processing Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 8.1 Yes
CVE-2017-8628 Microsoft Windows Bluetooth Driver Spoofing Vulnerability 8.1 Yes
CVE-2017-8714 Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Virtual Host Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 7.8 Yes
CVE-2017-8720 Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 7.8 Yes
CVE-2017-8759 Microsoft .NET Framework Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 7.8 Yes
CVE-2017-8695 Microsoft Windows Uniscribe Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability 7.5 Yes
CVE-2017-8696 Microsoft Windows Uniscribe Component Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 7.5 Yes
CVE-2017-8702 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 7.5 Yes
CVE-2017-8747 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability 7.5 Yes
CVE-2017-8749 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability 7.5 Yes
CVE-2017-8750 Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability 7.5 Yes
CVE-2017-8706 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability 7.2 Yes
CVE-2017-8707 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability 7.2 Yes
CVE-2017-8711 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability 7.2 Yes
CVE-2017-8712 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability 7.2 Yes
CVE-2017-8713 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability 7.2 Yes
CVE-2017-8675 Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 7 Yes
CVE-2017-8699 Microsoft Windows Shell Command Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 6.4
CVE-2017-8758 Microsoft Exchange Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 6.1
CVE-2017-8677 Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8678 Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8679 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8680 Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8681 Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8683 Microsoft Windows Graphics Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8684 Microsoft Windows Win32k Graphics Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8685 Microsoft Windows Win32k Graphics Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8687 Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8688 Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.5
CVE-2017-8629 Microsoft SharePoint Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 5.4
CVE-2017-8745 Microsoft SharePoint Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability 5.4
CVE-2017-8704 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability 5.3
CVE-2017-8746 Microsoft Windows Device Guard Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability 5.3
CVE-2017-11761 Microsoft Exchange Information Disclosure Vulnerability 5.3
CVE-2017-8692 Microsoft Windows Uniscribe Component Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 5
CVE-2017-8716 Microsoft Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability 4.9
CVE-2017-8708 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.7
CVE-2017-8709 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.7
CVE-2017-8719 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.7
CVE-2017-8710 Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.4
CVE-2017-8597 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8643 Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8648 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8723 Microsoft Edge Security Bypass Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8724 Microsoft Edge Spoofing Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8733 Microsoft Internet Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8735 Microsoft Edge Spoofing Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8736 Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8739 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability 4.3
CVE-2017-8649 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8660 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8728 Microsoft Windows PDF Document Processing Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8729 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8731 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8734 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8737 Microsoft Windows PDF Document Processing Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8738 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8740 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8741 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8748 Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8751 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8752 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8753 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8754 Microsoft Edge Security Bypass Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8755 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8756 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8757 Microsoft Edge Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11764 Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-11766 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability 4.2
CVE-2017-8676 Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface Information Disclosure Vulnerability 3.3
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March Patch Tuesday: Patching Chaos

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The Eye of the Patch Storm

Two months have passed since the beginning of the year where we saw one of the smallest releases of patch content for the past couple of years, to then having an entire baseline cancelled at the last minute in February.

Some IT managers may have counted their lucky stars for the reduction in their workload so far this year – that is until they see this massive release.

Microsoft have released eighteen updates this month, nine are rated Critical with the remaining rated Important. Last week Microsoft also released 17 KB updates covering Office version 2013 and 2016. Full details of that release can be found here.

Last year we raised our concerns about rolling patches together, and last month only two months since Microsoft adopted this strategy were our concerns realized. Because of a single bad patch, the entire baseline was cancelled. 

Don’t get us wrong, we understand the benefit of rolling content into single cumulative updates, but we also appreciate the level of testing needed to ensure a safe combination of updates when rolling them together. That same level of care should be adopted when deploying updates in your environment to ensure bad updates do not cause business outages.

A school study at the University of Maryland was the first to quantify the near-constant rate of hacker attacks of computers with Internet access—every 39 seconds on average.

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Robert Brown, Director of Services said “Perception as to the current threat to a company’s network should not be founded on the content released by vendors such as Microsoft alone. There are multiple perimeters you can secure to protect your assets, but remember to also look at the tool you are using to secure your environment. In the past few weeks, IBM have released over 20 security updates for their premise and cloud based patch management tools, meaning your toolset should have a perimeter of its own.”

According to the SANS Institute, 95 percent of all attacks on enterprise networks start with a successful spear phishing attack. Full details of this article can be found here.

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Microsoft Updates

We have chosen a few updates to prioritize this month. This recommendation has been made using evidence from industry experts (including our own), anticipated business impact and most importantly, the independent CVSS score for the vulnerability. The independent CVSS scores used in the table below range from 0 to 10. Vulnerabilities with a base score in the range 7.0-10.0 are High, those in the range 4.0-6.9 as Medium, and 0-3.9 as Low.

Number

Bulletin ID

Description

Impact

Restart Requirement

Publically Disclosed

Exploited

Severity

CVSS Score

Recommended High Priority

1

MS17-006

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (4013073)

 

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. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

Yes

Yes

Critical

8.8

Yes

2

MS17-007

Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (4013071)

 

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Microsoft Edge. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

Yes

No

Critical

8.8

Yes

3

MS17-008

Security Update for Windows Hyper-V (4013082)

 

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an authenticated attacker on a guest operating system runs a specially crafted application that causes the Hyper-V host operating system to execute arbitrary code. Customers who have not enabled the Hyper-V role are not affected.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

Yes

No

Critical

8.8

 

4

MS17-009

Security Update for Microsoft Windows PDF Library (4010319)

 

This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views specially crafted PDF content online or opens a specially crafted PDF document.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

No

No

Critical

8.8

 

5

MS17-010

Security Update for Microsoft Windows SMB Server (4013389)

 

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends specially crafted messages to a Microsoft Server Message Block 1.0 (SMBv1) server.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

No

No

Critical

9.8

Yes

6

MS17-011

Security Update for Microsoft Uniscribe (4013076)

 

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Windows Uniscribe. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user visits a specially crafted website or opens a specially crafted document. 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.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

No

No

Critical

7.8

 

7

MS17-012

Security Update for Microsoft Windows (4013078)

 

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker runs a specially crafted application that connects to an iSNS Server and then issues malicious requests to the server.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

Yes

No

Critical

9.8

Yes

8

MS17-013

Security Update for Microsoft Graphics Component (4013075)

 

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Skype for Business, Microsoft Lync, and Microsoft Silverlight. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user either visits a specially crafted website or opens a specially crafted document. 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.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

No

Yes

Critical

8.4

Yes

9

MS17-014

Security Update for Microsoft Office (4013241)

 

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.

Remote Code Execution

Maybe

Yes

No

Important

7.8

 

10

MS17-015

Security Update for Microsoft Exchange Server (4013242)

 

This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA). The vulnerability could allow remote code execution in Exchange Server if an attacker sends an email with a specially crafted attachment to a vulnerable Exchange server.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

No

No

Important

5.4

 

11

MS17-016

Security Update for Windows IIS (4013074)

 

This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if a user clicks a specially crafted URL which is hosted by an affected Microsoft IIS server. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially execute scripts in the user’s browser to obtain information from web sessions.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

No

No

Important

6.1

 

12

MS17-017

Security Update for Windows Kernel (4013081)

 

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker runs a specially crafted application.

Elevation of Privilege

Yes

Yes

No

Important

7.8

 

13

MS17-018

Security Update for Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers (4013083)

 

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 that could exploit the vulnerabilities and take control of an affected system.

Elevation of Privilege

Yes

No

No

Important

7.8

 

14

MS17-019

Security Update for Active Directory Federation Services (4010320)

 

This security update resolves a vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker sends a specially crafted request to an ADFS server, allowing the attacker to read sensitive information about the target system.

Information Disclosure

Yes

No

No

Important

4.3

 

15

MS17-020

Security Update for Windows DVD Maker (3208223)

 

This security update resolves an information disclosure vulnerability in Windows DVD Maker. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain information to further compromise a target system.

Information Disclosure

Yes

No

No

Important

2.8

 

16

MS17-021

Security Update for Windows DirectShow (4010318)

 

This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow an information disclosure if Windows DirectShow opens specially crafted media content that is hosted on a malicious website. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise a target system.

Information Disclosure

Yes

No

No

Important

3.3

 

17

MS17-022

Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services (4010321)

 

This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user visits a malicious website. However, in all cases an attacker would have no way to force a user to click a specially crafted link. An attacker would have to convince a user to click the link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or Instant Messenger message.

Information Disclosure

Yes

No

Yes

Important

3.5

 

18

MS17-023

Security Update for Adobe Flash Player (4014329)

 

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player when installed on all supported editions of Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2016.

Remote Code Execution

Yes

NA

NA

Critical

 

Yes

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