Gladiator Research and Security

Microsoft has announced 2 new patches today to fix vulnerabilities with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.  One patch is rated Critical by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Windows.  The other patch is rated Important by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Office.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply both patches immediately. Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s May Security Bulletin.

Microsoft has announced 17 new patches today to fix 64 vulnerabilities across Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio, .NET Framework, and GDI+.  Nine patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer.  The eight other patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Developer Tools and Software.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply all Critical patches immediately. Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s April Security Bulletin.

Microsoft has published a great security update guide that I think would benefit financial institutions.  It discusses 6 great steps for network administrators on Windows networks:

• Get to know the security update release process
• Learn how to evaluate risk
• See how to migrate security risks
• Understand how quickly you need to apply updates
• Assess your update
• Get ongoing security

You can find the guide here.

Microsoft has announced twelve new patches today to fix many vulnerabilities, including some that could allow remote code execution.  Five patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer.  The other patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Windows.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply all Critical patches immediately. Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s January Security Bulletin.  Summary information is included below:

Microsoft has announced three new patches today to fix vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution and elevation of privileges.  One patch is rated Critical by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Office.  Two patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Office and Microsoft Forefront United Access Gateway.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply all Critical patches immediately. Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s November Security Bulletin. 

Microsoft has announced nine new patches today to fix vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution and elevation of privileges.  Four patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.  Five patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply all Critical patches immediately. Detailed information regarding the patches can be found in Microsoft’s September Security Bulletin. 

Microsoft has announced 15 new patches today to fix vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution and elevation of privileges.  Nine patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft .NET, and Internet Explorer.  Six patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply all Critical patches immediately. Detailed information for the patches can be found in Microsoft’s August Security Bulletin.