Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2014

ronjor · Feb 6, 2014

Advance Notification Service for February 2014 Security Bulletin Release

Dustin C. Childs

Today we are providing advance notification for the release of five bulletins, two rated Critical and three rated Important, for February 2014. The Critical updates address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Security Software while the Important-rated updates address issues in Windows and the .NET Framework.
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https://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/ar...-february-2014-security-bulletin-release.aspx

ronjor · Feb 6, 2014

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2014

Published: Thursday, February 06, 2014

Version: 1.0

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on February 11, 2014.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the February bulletin summary on February 11, 2014. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

To receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft Security Bulletins are issued, subscribe to Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.

Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on February 12, 2014, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the February Security Bulletin Webcast.

Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-feb

Minimalist · Feb 6, 2014

Oh, right, it's that time of month again. Thank you for sharing notification.

hqsec

siljaline · Feb 6, 2014

See: Patch Tuesday.

siljaline · Feb 10, 2014

Some that do Patch Management are not happy with Microsoft issuing a V.20 in the eleventh hour. Just saying.

V2.0 (February 10, 2014): Revised to add two additional bulletins to the advance notification of bulletins Microsoft is intending to release on February 11, 2014.
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ronjor · Feb 10, 2014

We are adding two updates to the February release. There will be Critical-rated updates for Internet Explorer and VBScript in addition to the previously announced updates scheduled for release on February 11, 2014. These updates have completed testing and will be included in tomorrow’s release.
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https://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/ar...ecurity-bulletin-release.aspx?Redirected=true

siljaline · Feb 10, 2014

Thanks for that - for those that use Twitter may follow MSRC via: https://twitter.com/msftsecresponse

ronjor · Feb 11, 2014

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2014

Published: Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Version: 1.0

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for February 2014.

With the release of the security bulletins for February 2014, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued February 10, 2014. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

For information about how to receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft security bulletins are issued, visit Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.

Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on February 12, 2014, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the February Security Bulletin Webcast.

Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.
Bulletin Information
Executive Summaries

The following table summarizes the security bulletins for this month in order of severity.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-feb

ronjor · Feb 11, 2014

Safer Internet Day 2014 and Our February 2014 Security Updates

by Dustin C. Childs

In addition to today being the security update release , February 11 is officially Safer Internet Day for 2014. This year, we’re asking folks to Do 1 Thing to stay safer online. While you may expect my “Do 1 Thing” recommendation would be to apply security updates, I’m guessing that for readers of this blog, that request would be redundant. Instead, I’ll ask that you also install the latest version of the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit ( EMET )
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https://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/

ronjor · Feb 11, 2014

Assessing risk for the February 2014 security updates

by SRD Blog Author

Today we released seven security bulletins addressing 32 unique CVE’s. Four bulletins have a maximum severity rating of Critical while the other three have a maximum severity rating of Important. We hope that the table below helps you prioritize the deployment of the updates appropriately for your environment.
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https://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/arc...k-for-the-february-2014-security-updates.aspx

ronjor · Feb 11, 2014

Microsoft Security Advisory Notification

Security Advisories Updated or Released Today
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* Microsoft Security Advisory (2862973)
- Title: Update for Deprecation of MD5 Hashing Algorithm for
Microsoft Root Certificate Program
- https://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2862973
- 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.

* Microsoft Security Advisory (2915720)
- Title: Changes in Windows Authenticode Signature Verification
- https://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2915720
- Revision Note: V1.2 (February 11, 2014): Rereleased advisory as
a reminder to customers that the dormant changes implemented
with MS13-098 will be enabled on June 10, 2014. After this
date, Windows will no longer recognize non-compliant binaries
as signed.
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ronjor · Feb 14, 2014

Staying safe on the Internet — year round

By Susan Bradley

Celebrating Safer Internet Day (site) is all well and good, but staying safe throughout the year requires slogging through Windows and application updates. This Patch Tuesday’s Internet Explorer patch fixes 24 vulnerabilities, most susceptible to remote code-execution exploits.
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http://windowssecrets.com/patch-watch/staying-safe-on-the-internet-year-round/

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