In our continuing series of book reviews, the Fortra team read How AI Works: From Sorcery to Science by Ronald T. Kneusel. The book is advertised as unraveling “the mysteries of artificial intelligence, without the complex math and unnecessary jargon.” I really enjoyed how the book began with an AI Overview. As a hot sauce fan, I found it amusing that the first example utilized a hot sauce factory. The entire overview is an excellent read for anyone curious about the basics of AI, and it was expertly told. Other members of the team had good things to say about the book: “How AI Works” is a...
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Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s July 2024 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1114 as soon as coverage is completed. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2024-38112 A vulnerability in the Windows MSHTML Platform could allow spoofing to occur. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that the attacker convince the victim to execute a malicious file. Microsoft has reported this vulnerability as Exploitation Detected. CVE-2024-38080 A vulnerability in Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform could allow an...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s May 2024 Security Updates . VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1106 as soon as coverage is completed. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2024-30040 Up first this month, we have a security feature bypass in MSHTML. More specifically, we have an Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) mitigation bypass in Microsoft Office. There is an interesting disconnect in the current Microsoft content that will hopefully be updated soon. At the time of writing, Microsoft indicated that a user would need to download the...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s April 2024 Security Updates . VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1101 as soon as coverage is completed. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2024-26234 This CVE describes a Proxy Driver Spoofing Vulnerability that, thanks to Microsoft’s new CWE listings , we know is tied to Improper Access Control. From a published Sophos write-up , we know that this is tied to a threat actor that has been working with a valid Microsoft Windows hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP) Certificate that has now been revoked...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s March 2024 Security Updates . VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1097 as soon as coverage is completed. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs There were no in-the-wild or disclosed CVEs included in the March Patch Tuesday release. CVE Breakdown by Tag While historical Microsoft Security Bulletin groupings are gone, Microsoft vulnerabilities are tagged with an identifier. This list provides a breakdown of the CVEs on a per-tag basis. Vulnerabilities are also color-coded to aid in identifying key issues...
The most recent book that we’ve read over here is Black Hat GraphQL: Attacking Next Generation APIs written by Dolev Farhi and Nick Aleks . The book is described as being for, “anyone interested in learning how to break and protect GraphQL APIs with the aid of offensive security testing.” As someone who works primarily with REST APIs , I was more interested in the introduction that it offered to core concepts. A lot of the time, with books like this, you find yourself bored with the first few chapters and eager to get into the real subject matter, but my lack of familiarity with GraphQL and...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s February 2024 Security Updates . VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1093 as soon as coverage is completed. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2024-21351 This CVE describes a bypass in the Windows SmartScreen Security Feature. At this point, these bypasses have become relatively common and are frequently featured within the Patch Tuesday updates. SmartScreen prompts you when running certain files downloaded from the Internet to warn you that you should exercise caution before proceeding. SmartScreen does...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s January 2024 Security Updates . VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1088 as soon as coverage is completed. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs There were no in-the-wild or disclosed CVEs included in the January Patch Tuesday drop. CVE Breakdown by Tag While historical Microsoft Security Bulletin groupings are gone, Microsoft vulnerabilities are tagged with an identifier. This list provides a breakdown of the CVEs on a per tag basis. Vulnerabilities are also colour coded to aid with identifying key issues...
One of the most critical aspects of cybersecurity is ensuring that all software is kept up to date with the latest patches. This is necessary to cover any vulnerabilities that cybercriminals could take advantage of in order to infiltrate an organization and launch an attack. With the volume of updates and the effort needed to install and configure them, it is good to know precisely when patches will be released. “Patch Tuesday”, a monthly event where Microsoft releases software patches, started 20 years ago and is still going strong today. Since then, there has been a considerable shift in how...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s December 2023 Security Updates . VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1086 on Wednesday, December 13th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2023-20588 AMD has released AMD-SB-7007 – Speculative Leaks Security Notice , which describes how some AMD processors can potentially return speculative data after a division-by-zero. The original AMD bulletin was issued on August 8, 2023. Microsoft has reported this vulnerability as Exploitation Less Likely . CVE Breakdown by Tag While historical Microsoft Security...