Microsoft release the advanced notification today for October 2014, which includes three critical vulnerabilities for Windows, Internet Explorer and .NET. Other patches for Microsoft Office and MSDN will be released as well. Brace for impact.
Two methods, which I’m posting here for my own sanity next time I need them: Recovery Mode Changing the Grub Linux INIT String I’ve used the init string method a few times without bothering to check the recovery console. Hopefully…
Updates to my post from yesterday on the ASA vulnerabilities:
Dropbox, KeePass and Chrome all have updates out. The guys who released BadUSB code also released a “patch” which only fixes one aspect of one vendor’s USB device. They actually recommended bondo to a thumb drive to prevent physical tampering….
If you haven’t setup your two-factor authentication for third party apps in iCloud yet, now is the time. Unless you are like me, and gave Google all of those tasks already. 🙂 Kudos to Apple for finally coming down of…
Cisco just released a vulnerability list for the ASA’s.
The SANS Stormcast mentioned the Cuckoo Sandbox for malware research, so I took a few minutes and checked it out. Based on the About and FAQ pages, this looks like a VM style sandbox to document what malware is actually…
Scheduled Tasks: 0x80090016: Keyset does not exist. – One of my 2003 servers decided to go stupid on my scheduled tasks…yes I know I said 2003. Easy fix – just watch that you reset the task’s user account info.
FYI – Anonymous announced #OpRemember, which appears to be in recon mode right now. The financial sector, government, biotech (Monsanto), and what I assume are organizations responsible for putting Fluoride in water/products.
SANS ISC StormCast – mention of two new NMAP diary entries which I want to look into more.