Infosec Practitioner
Ahh yes, the second Tuesday of the month and Microsoft releases patches. This month is a big month for it again with 10 patches, 6 of them marked as critical. So what do we have patched this time? 1) Active Directory. It seems that there are holes in Active Directory’s security that can allow remote…
Those that use Firefox love how it works. They know that it does not install software without your permission, and it tends to bee more secure overall. Well that is not always so true when using Firefox on a Windows based machine anymore. See with some recent security updates to the .Net framework, Microsoft also…
It seems that a vulnerability in Direct X’s Direct Show subsystem is coming under attack. Now the vulnerability allows execution of code, but only as the logged on user, which means if you are smart, then the normal user account does not have admin rights, and code executed through this vulnerability won’t be able to…