Wednesday, February 11, 2015

February Microsoft Patch Tuesday


Updates this month include 9 updates to fix Internet Explorer.  Three of these updates are rated critical.  Those are:

MS15-009   This fix it for 40 reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.  It includes a fix for XSS cross site scripting that allows attackers to steal credentials from visitors to a compromised website. 

MS15-010    This fix takes care of vulnerabilities that involve flaws in the Windows kernel-level component that handles TrueType fonts.

MS15-011.    This update fixes the vulnerability of devices connected to windows domains.  Users can be exploited by being convinced to connect to an untrusted network, such as a wifi hotspot.

There are also updates for Microsoft Excel and Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office.

If you are Running Windows Server 2003 please note that MS15-011 will not be released for that operating system.  Extended support for Server 2003 ends July 14, 2015.  Given this vulnerability it is time to contact us to replace this soon to be unsupported product.

Clients with our Proactive Solution to Patch Management Automatically get the Updates.  

Contact us to find out how you can become "Proactive" instead of "Reactive".

Michael Glasser, Glasser Tech LLC (516) 762-0155

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