Sysinternals updates, a new blog post, and webcast
Process Monitor v2.95, TCPView v3.04, Autoruns v10.07 have updates here [1]
Of equal interest as the tools update is Part 1 of an analysis of a Stuxnet infection with Sysinternals tools here [2]
[1] http://blogs.technet.com/b/sysinternals/archive/2011/04/13/updates-process-monitor-v2-95-tcpview-v3-04-autoruns-v10-07-and-a-new-blog-post-and-webcast-from-mark.aspx
[2] http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2011/03/30/3416253.aspx
Cheers,
Adrien de Beaupré
Intru-shun.ca Inc.
Apple Security Patches for OS X and iOS
Unlike Microsoft, Apple has so far not committed to a regular patch cycle, and today's release of IOS 4.3.2 as well as the OS X Security Update 2011-002 came somewhat as a surprise. [1]
Both include security fixes that should be applied rather sooner then later. The OS X update also includes Safari 5.0.5 . We will update this diary once the Apple support page with security details is live.
The patch is pretty small compared to other Apple patches (about 4 MB). You need to restart your system after applying the security patch. I applied it to one system with PGP full disk encryption, and so far no ill effects.
[1] http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1376
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Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph.D.
SANS Technology Institute
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Update to Adobe Flash 0-day: Patch will be out soon
Adobe updated its advisory, stating that we should have a patch at least for the "non sandbox" versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader by April 25th [1]. Flash player will get a fix even earlier (April 15th = this week Friday). Adobe Reader X for Windows, which uses the new "Protected Mode" feature to limited the exploitability of this vulnerability, will have to wait until June 14th.
Little Table to clarify:
| Flash | Reader 9 | Reader 10.x | Reader 10.0.1 | Reader 10.0.2 aka "X" | |
| Windows | 4/15 | 4/25 | 4/25 | 4/25 | 6/14 |
| Macintosh | 4/15 | 4/25 | 4/25 | 4/25 | 4/25 |
for more details, see the URL below.
[1] http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
Update: corrected patch date for Adobe Reader X for Windows. Was 6/25.. but should have been 6/14. Thanks Luc for pointing this out to me!)
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Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph.D.
SANS Technology Institute
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dshield.org now DNSSEC signed via .org
To coincide with today's webcast about DNSSEC [1], I changed how the dshield.org zone is DNSSEC signed. The zone itself has been signed for a while now, but I used "look aside validation" via isc.org . For a few months now, it has been possible to have .org zones directly signed by .org, and I decided to give it a try. Please let me know if you see any issues. If you plan to deploy DNSSEC yourself, see Verisign's [3] nice testing tool as well as the visualization tool by DNSVIZ [4].
[1] https://www.sans.org/webcasts/isc-threat-update-20110413-94083
[2] http://dlv.isc.org
[3] http://dnssec-debugger.verisignlabs.com
[4] http://dnsviz.net/d/dshield.org/dnssec/
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Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph.D.
SANS Technology Institute
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