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Microsoft security updates and the Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework
Posted
11 days ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
As a part of the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI), Microsoft is pleased to present an initial set of monthly security updates – originally released on May 8 – in the consortium’s newly established...
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May 2012 Security Bulletin Webcast, Slide Deck, and Q&A
Posted
17 days ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello, Today we published the May Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page , and the May 2012 Security Bulletin Release Webcast slide deck . During the webcast, we fielded 8 questions on various topics, including bulletins released, deployment...
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Bulletin Management Process and the May 2012 Bulletins
Posted
20 days ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello, Have you ever wondered why bulletins group particular issues together? Or one set of products and not another? Well today Jonathan Ness has posted an insightful Security Research & Defense (SRD) blog discussing some of the nuances and packaging...
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MAPP Update: Taking Action to Decrease Risk of Information Disclosure
Posted
25 days ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
During our investigation into the disclosure of confidential data shared with our Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) partners, we determined that a member of the MAPP program, Hangzhou DPTech Technologies Co., Ltd., had breached our non-disclosure...
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Advanced Notification Service for May 2012 Security Bulletin Release
Posted
25 days ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello, Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the May security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 8. This month’s release includes 7 bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Silverlight...
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Beta version of the WSUS Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 is now available
Posted
1 month ago
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J.C. Hornbeck
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We are pleased to announce that the WSUS Management Pack (MP) beta for Windows Server 2012 is live and now available to TAP users. This Management Pack is available for you to test with on your Windows Server 2012 beta and can be found at our Connect...
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April 2012 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Posted
1 month ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello, Today we published the April Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page , and the slide deck presented in the webcast. We fielded 15 questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools,...
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WSUS on Windows Server “8” Administrative Tasks using PowerShell – Part 1
Posted
1 month ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
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Author: Yuri Diogenes - Senior Technical Writer Technical Reviewers: Cecilia Cole - Program Manager, Travis Plunk - Software Developer Engineer In our previous post , we demonstrated how to install the WSUS Role on Windows Server “8” using PowerShell...
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New WSUS categories coming for System Center 2012 – App Controller and System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager
Posted
1 month ago
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J.C. Hornbeck
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In case you missed the announcement, looks like we have two new WSUS categories to look forward to: System Center 2012 – App Controller and System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager. The WSUS product team says we’ll see these new categories when new...
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Windows XP and Office 2003 countdown to end of support, and the April 2012 bulletins
Posted
1 month ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello, As you know, today is Update Tuesday. Before I go into the bulletin details, however, I wanted to let you know that today we’re notifying customers that Windows XP and Office 2003 will go out of support in April 2014 . We understand that...
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Advance Notification Service for April 2012 security bulletin release
Posted
1 month ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello, Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the April security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10. This month’s release includes 6 bulletins addressing 11 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft...
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WSUS administration best practices recommended to ease Forefront Endpoint Protection (and Client Security) deployment (en-US)
Posted
1 month ago
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J.C. Hornbeck
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Here’s a cool article I found while going through what was new over on our community-driven TechNet Wiki . This one discusses some best practices for WSUS that should ease Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection and Client Security deployments....
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BlueHat Prize: And now the fun begins
Posted
1 month ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
The entry window for the first annual BlueHat Prize closed at 11:59pm PDT on April 1. We've been eagerly awaiting a final entry count from the contest organizers, and senior security strategist Katie Moussouris has just posted that tally on the EcoStrat...
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WSUS File Size Limit for Locally Published Updates (en-US)
Posted
1 month ago
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J.C. Hornbeck
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Here’s one more article on WSUS that I found over on our TechNet Wiki page today. This one describes and issue where publishing an update larger than 2GB in size will fail: Consider a scenario where the following tasks are performed in WSUS running on...
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Search for updates returns declined updates in WSUS on Windows Server 8 Beta
Posted
1 month ago
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J.C. Hornbeck
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Here’s another cool WSUS article I found over on our TechNet Wiki page this morning. This one describes and issue where a search for updates returns declined updates on the Windows Server 8 beta: Consider a scenario where the following tasks are performed...
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6...5...4...3...2...
Posted
2 months ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Nearly nine months after we announced the first annual BlueHat Prize competition for innovations in defensive security technologies, we’re just days away from the submission deadline. On the EcoStrat blog today, Senior Security Strategist Katie...
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Installing WSUS on Windows Server “8” Beta using PowerShell
Posted
2 months ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
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Authors: Travis Plunk , Software Developer Engineer Yuri Diogenes , Senior Technical Writer Technical Reviewers: Cecilia Cole, Program Manager In our previous post , we demonstrated how to install the WSUS Role on the Windows Server “8” Beta using the...
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March 2012 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Posted
2 months ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello, Today we published the March Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . During the webcast, we fielded twelve questions focusing on MS12-020 (aka “the RDP update”). Two additional questions for MS12-022 regarding Microsoft...
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Proof-of-Concept Code available for MS12-020
Posted
2 months ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
On March 15, we became aware of public proof-of-concept code that results in denial of service for the issue addressed by MS12-020 , which we released Tuesday. We continue to watch the threat landscape and we are not aware of public proof-of-concept...
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Strength, flexibility and the March 2012 security bulletins
Posted
2 months ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello. Today we’re releasing six security bulletins – one Critical-class, four Important and one Moderate – addressing seven issues in Microsoft Windows, Visual Studio, and Expression Design. We recommend that customers focus on MS12...
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March 2012 ANS
Posted
2 months ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello. Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the March security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, March 13. This month’s release includes six bulletins addressing seven vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Visual...
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How WSUS and Cluster-Aware Updating are affected by Windows Server 8 Beta Updates
Posted
2 months ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
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Just a quick FYI on an article over on our TechNet Wiki regarding how WSUS and Cluster-Aware Updating are affected by Windows Server 8 Beta updates: There are two known issues with Windows Server "8" Beta update process: Windows 8 Beta Updates...
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Getting started with WSUS in the Windows Server 8 beta: Installing the WSUS role using the new Server Manager
Posted
2 months ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
1
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Author: Yuri Diogenes, Senior Technical Writer Technical Reviewers: Travis Plunk, Software Developer Engineer Cecilia Cole, Program Manager J.C. Hornbeck, Knowledge Engineer Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is now built in to the Windows Server 8...
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New WSUS category for Forefront Identity Manager 2010
Posted
2 months ago
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J.C. Hornbeck
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A new product category will be added to your WSUS server under the Forefront family, entitled Forefront Identity Manager 2010. You will see this new category when new updates are available for this product. We encourage you to sync this new category if...
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February 2012 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Posted
3 months ago
by
J.C. Hornbeck
Hello, Today we published the February Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . We fielded ten questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools, and update detection tools. Many of the questions...
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