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Security and Windows 10 Will Cross Paths for Enterprises

CTOvision

But optimism came in the form of Microsoft as word began to spread that the company had solved the problems they experienced with Windows 8/8.1 and that Windows 10 was better than the Enterprise could have imagined. This year, two of 2014’s biggest stories will intersect as security and Windows 10 prepare to re-shape the Enterprise.

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IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

CIO

2 Over half (51%) of all X-Ray machines had a high severity CVE (CVE-2019-11687), with around 20% running an unsupported version of Windows. On a continuous basis, Zero Trust means monitoring devices and their behavior for threats, malware, and policy violations to help reduce the risk by validating every interaction. IT Leadership

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Microsoft’s July 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 123 CVEs Including Wormable Windows DNS Server RCE (CVE-2020-1350) (SIGRed)

Tenable

Microsoft addresses 123 CVEs, including CVE-2020-1350, a wormable remote code execution vulnerability in Windows DNS Server dubbed “SIGRed.”. Included this month is a highly critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows DNS Server (CVE-2020-1350). CVE-2020-1350 | Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

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Enterprise IT in 2014 – Under-the-Radar Challenges with WAN Bandwidth, BYOD, and XP Security

CTOvision

The end of support for Windows XP, slated for April 8, 2014, is a dangerous security issue. Microsoft announced on its TechNet blog that it will extend its anti-malware updates a full year, but there is much more to keeping a system secure than current anti-malware. This adds to IT’s burden instead of reducing it.

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WannaCry Ransomware Review and Global Impact.

ProtectWise

WannaCry's primary infection vector is through publicly accessible hosts running an unpatched version of Windows via the SMB protocol. Any network with hosts running a version of the Windows operating system missing the MS17-010 patches is vulnerable to WannaCry's infection mechanism. Who Created The Malware?

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Patch Tuesday: December 2021

Kaseya

The tools affected by this month’s vulnerabilities include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Codecs Library, Visual Studio Code, Windows Kernel, Windows Update Stack and Azure Bot Framework SDK. Patch Tuesday was introduced by Microsoft in October 2003 to mainly reduce the cost of distributing patches.

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MadoMiner Part 2 - Mask

AlienVault

In addition, take care with this portion of the malware. Malware Analysis. During the execution of sogou.exe, the following exploits are used to install on new victims’ PCs: CVE-2017-9073, RDP vulnerability on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. This is used by the malware in order to evade detection.

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