Original release date: January 17, 2014 | Last revised: February 09, 2014
Systems Affected
Certain UDP protocols have been identified as potential attack vectors:
DNS
NTP
SNMPv2
NetBIOS
SSDP
CharGEN
QOTD
BitTorrent
Kad
Quake Network Protocol
Steam Protocol
Overview
A Distributed...
Original release date: January 13, 2014 | Last revised: January 14, 2014
Systems Affected
NTP servers
Overview
A Network Time Protocol (NTP) Amplification attack is an emerging form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) that relies on the use of publically accessible NTP servers to...
You know how people have been complaining that quality apps are few in numbers in the windows 8 winstore? Well, I've been trying to help MS out by porting some of my quality apps over to windows 8.
I've recently ported one of my more useful apps into the metro interface. The app itself is...
app porting
challenges
code
coding education
desktop version
developers
development
frustration
metro ui
microsoft
printing
programming
protocol
quality apps
software development
software quality
tutorial
user experience
windows 8
winstore
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 13, 2013): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 that restricts the use of certificates...
advisory
attack
certificate
cybersecurity
encryption
hashing
man-in-the-middle
md5
microsoft
phishing
protocol
root certificate
security
threats
update
vulnerability
windows 7
windows 8
windows server
windows vista
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 13, 2013): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of updates as part of ongoing efforts to improve Network-level Authentication in the Remote Desktop Protocol. Microsoft will continue to announce additional updates via this advisory, all...
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 20, 2012): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is aware that detailed exploit code has been published for known weaknesses in the Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (MS-CHAP v2). The MS-CHAP v2 protocol is widely used as an...
Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (January 8, 2013): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Open Data (OData) protocol. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an unauthenticated attacker...
cifs
connection
data
leaked
microsoft
network
operating system
patch
protocol
security
smb
support
update
vulnerability
windows 7
windows server
windows vista