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SHA512 is disabled in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
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Update for Deprecation of MD5 Hashing Algorithm for Microsoft Root Certificate Program -...
Severity Rating: Revision Note: V2.0 (February 11, 2014): Revised advisory to announce that the 2862973 update for all affected releases of Microsoft Windows is now offered through automatic updating. Customers who previously applied the 2862973 update do not need to take any action. Summary...- News
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Update for Disabling RC4 - Version: 1.0
Severity Rating: Revision Note: V1.0 (November 12, 2013): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT to address known weaknesses in RC4. The update...- News
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Authenticity and the November 2013 Security Updates
If you haven't had a chance to see the movie Gravity, I highly recommend you take the time to check it out. The plot moves a bit slowly at times, but director Alfonso Cuaron's work portrayal of zero gravity is worth the ticket price alone. Add in stellar acting and you end up with an epic movie...- News
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Authenticity and the November 2013 Security Updates
If you haven't had a chance to see the movie Gravity, I highly recommend you take the time to check it out. The plot moves a bit slowly at times, but director Alfonso Cuaron's work portrayal of zero gravity is worth the ticket price alone. Add in stellar acting and you end up with an epic movie...- News
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Microsoft Security Advisory (2868725): Update for Disabling RC4 - Version: 1.0
Revision Note: V1.0 (November 12, 2013): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT to address known weaknesses in RC4. The update supports the...- News
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Microsoft Security Advisory (2868725): Update for Disabling RC4 - Version: 1.0
Revision Note: V1.0 (November 12, 2013): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT to address known weaknesses in RC4. The update supports the...- News
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How to restrict the use of certain cryptographic algorithms and protocols in Schannel.dll
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Microsoft Security Advisory (2854544): Updates to Improve Cryptography and Digital Certificate...
Revision Note: V1.1 (August 13, 2013): Added the 2862966 and 2862973 updates to the Available Updates and Release Notes section. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of updates as part of ongoing efforts to improve cryptography and digital certificate handling in Windows. Microsoft...- News
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Microsoft Security Advisory (2854544): Update to Improve Cryptography and Digital Certificate...
Revision Note: V1.0 (June 11, 2013): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update as part of ongoing efforts to improve cryptography and digital certificate handling in Windows. Over the course of months, Microsoft will continue to announce additional...- News
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MS12-049 - Important : Vulnerability in TLS Could Allow Information Disclosure (2655992) -...
Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.1 (July 9, 2013): Bulletin revised to announce a detection change in the Windows Vista packages for the 2655992 update to correct a Windows Update reoffering issue. This is a detection change only. Customers who have already successfully updated their...- News
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Microsoft Security Advisory (2854544): Update to Improve Cryptography and Digital Certificate...
Revision Note: V1.0 (June 11, 2013): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update as part of ongoing efforts to improve cryptography and digital certificate handling in Windows. Over the course of months, Microsoft will continue to announce additional...- News
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Improved cryptography infrastructure and the June 2013 bulletins
It was just over one year ago, May 28, 2012, to be exact, that I transitioned from running active MSRC cases and writing bulletins to my current role managing software security incidents. A lot has changed in that year - and I’ve dealt with some interesting issues during my tenure - but...- News
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Microsoft Security Advisory (2854544): Update to Improve Cryptography and Digital Certificate Handli
Revision Note: V1.0 (June 11, 2013): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update as part of ongoing efforts to improve cryptography and digital certificate handling in Windows. Over the course of months, Microsoft will continue to announce...- News
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"System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing" security s
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RSA key length is increased to 2048 bits for AD RMS in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
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Verifying update hashes
Some of you may have noticed us improving our defense-in-depth practices for bulletins by supplying sha1 and sha2 hashes in the Knowledge Base (KB) articles. This has been most visible in the KB with the addition of the “File hash information” section, but it is also noted in the...- News
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Microsoft Security Advisory (2661254): Update For Minimum Certificate Key Length - Version: 1.2
Revision Note: V1.2 (September 11, 2012): Clarified that applications and services that use RSA keys for cryptography and call into the CertGetCertificateChain function could be impacted by this update. Examples of these applications and services include but are not limited to encrypted email...- News
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Windows 7 Problem connecting with a Windows CP computer
Ok, so I just got my Windows 7 on my HP 6530b laptop, and I have stored my documents on my fathers XP computer meanwhile. Problem is I can't connect to his computer. He can find be but I can't find him. I have been googling for a while now, and the things I have done to fix this is: - Change it...- Torben Komma
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Security Advisory 2718704: Collision attack details, WU update rollout
Today, as a part of our continuing phased mitigation strategy recently discussed, we have initiated the additional hardening of Windows Update. We’ve also provided more information about the MD5 hash-collision attacks used by the Flame malware in the SRD blog. This information should help...- News
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