Cyber Security Strategy: Microsoft Security Updates

Operation b107 - Rustock Botnet Takedown - Using the knowledge gained during its takedown of the botnet Waledac just over a year ago, the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has successfully taken down a larger, more notorious and complex botnet known as Rustock, which had an estimated infection count above one million computers and was capable of sending billions of spam messages per day. Learn more more on The Official Microsoft Blog

Earthquake in Japan- How to Help While Avoiding Donation Fraud - When we hear about a disaster like the earthquake in Japan, many of us try to think of ways we can help. Read this Security Tips & Talk blog post for valuable tips you can pass on to your end users to help them avoid online donation scams.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March, 2011
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms11-mar.mspx
Security Bulletin Overview for March 2011
Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Blog Post http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9683067

Forefront Security TechCenter - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/default.aspx
Please note that if you have feedback on documentation or wish to request new documents - email isadocs@microsoft.com

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 homepage
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/ee807302.aspx

The ISA Server Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/) is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:
New WIKI Article by Yuri Diogenes–”Forefront TMG 2010 Survival Guide”
http://blogs.technet.com/b/isablog/archive/2011/02/27/new-wiki-article-by-yuri-diogenes-forefront-tmg-2010-survival-guide.aspx

Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 Technical Resources
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/forefront/edgesecurity/ee907407.aspx
For comments, feedback, and requests, contact the Forefront UAG User Assistance team at uagdocs@microsoft.com.
Forefront Unified Access Gateway Product Team Blog
The UAG Product Team Blog (http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog) is updated on a regular basis. Latest entries include:
No place like HOD
http://blogs.technet.com/b/edgeaccessblog/archive/2011/03/15/no-place-like-hod.aspx

Security Tip of the Month- Improving Security Using Attack Surface Analyzer - Learn how to use Attack Surface Analyzer, a free tool from Microsoft, to better understand the aggregate attack surface change that may result from the introduction of line-of-business (LOB) applications to the Windows platform.

Microsoft Security Compliance Manager - The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) will help you plan, deploy, operate, and manage your security baselines for the most widely used Microsoft technologies. Learn more about this free tool—which includes security baselines for Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Office 2010, Windows 7, and Internet Explorer8—then check out tips for getting started and answers to answers to frequently asked questions.

Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Malware Response - Looking to limit the risk of malware infection? This new guide can help your organization determine the best and most cost-effective response strategy for malware outbreaks. Learn how your quick decisions can return systems to operation while limiting your exposure then download the guide.

Malicious Software Removal Tool - Need to check your computers for malware infection? Download the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. Updated monthly and available in x86 and x64 versions, the tool checks Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for, and helps remove, infections by specific, prevalent malicious software-including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed.

Getting Started with the SDL Threat Modeling Tool - Find tips to help you get started with the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) threat modeling approach and learn how to use the tool to develop great threat models as a backbone of your security process. Available as a free download, the SDL SDL Threat Modeling Tool helps engineers analyze the security of their systems to find and address design issues early in the software lifecycle.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer- Frequently Asked Questions - Get answers to frequently asked questions about Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.2 including system requirements, configuration, scanning, and reporting. MBSA 2.2 provides a streamlined method for IT pros to identify missing security updates and common security misconfigurations.

Detecting Security Bulletins with the Extended Security Update Inventory Tool - The Extended Security Update Inventory Tool is designed to help IT pros identify Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) client computers that may need security updates that are not detectable using the existing SMS Security Update Inventory Tool built on MBSA.

Downloads

Keeping Enterprise Data Safe with Office 2010
Keeping Enterprise Data Safe with Office 2010 - Office 2010 Security Whitepaper
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=4a9e2382-f375-43bf-b5d6-dcf9df5c3e37

Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) Core System Documentation: Encoding and Unicode Considerations
Describes what you need to know when dealing with Encoding and Unicode in applications built on top of Microsoft solutions.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b8c3058-0821-492a-ad3d-5e8ad9a5e9d1

Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Service Level Agreement (SLA)
This document has been moved. Please update your links and bookmarks with the new location, listed below.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=f5714ed7-f14d-499e-b7d9-3365c9008113

NTFS Chkdsk Best Practices and Performance
This document provides best practices for using NTFS Chkdsk.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=35a658cb-5dc7-4c46-b54c-8f3089ac097a

QFE Rollup Package 2 for System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
This download fixes issues in Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010
Please read KB article 2465832 for complete information.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=d3fabb18-1adb-4c87-a95d-d3c3826d5bfb

Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive Service Level Agreement (SLA)
This document has been moved. Please update your links and bookmarks with the new location, listed below.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=01c1168f-8f59-4746-9b42-f1166bb7142d

AD CS Step-By-Step Guide
This document describes the steps needed to set up a basic public key infrastructure.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=44315bff-b744-4637-a66b-e69b4955ee45

Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [March 2011] (KB905866)
Install this update for Windows Mail to revise the definition files that are used to detect e-mail messages that should be considered junk e-mail or that may contain phishing content.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=aa029fde-f341-44fc-8b85-0c6f3d3c2d69

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)
This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad724ae0-e72d-4f54-9ab3-75b8eb148356

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830) x64
This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=585d2bde-367f-495e-94e7-6349f4effc74

March 2011 Security Release ISO Image
This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on March 11th, 2011.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ab55654c-c685-4316-93fc-e3a80cccac71

Suite B PKI in Windows Server 2008
This document provides guidance for the planning and implementation of a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 public key infrastructure (PKI) using Suite B compliant cryptographic algorithms
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6f319ffa-739e-4fe8-bac3-92547baef7a9

Cross-forest Certificate Enrollment with Windows Server 2008 R2.doc
This paper explains how cross-forest certificate enrollment works. It also provides deployment guidance for cross-forest certificate enrollment in new and existing Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) deployments.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=d408be72-7c74-4b19-a2de-fa11858c30b2

Configuring and Troubleshooting Certification Authority Clustering in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
This guide describes how to install, configure, and troubleshoot failover clustering with Active Directory Certificate Services in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=15c75333-be26-4955-a32c-03077daf1631

Certificate Enrollment Web Services in Windows Server 2008 R2
This paper explains how certificate enrollment Web services work in Windows Server 2008 R2. It also provides deployment guidance for certificate enrollment Web services in new and existing Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) deployments.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=28b910f8-6374-48dd-a897-11fff62ab795

Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
This download center location contains information related to administering Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=d9cbaab9-552b-45f0-a8ac-b3cb4009f068

Microsoft SCEP Implementation Whitepaper.
This whitepaper provides an overview of Microsoft implementation for SCEP in the Windows Server 2008 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e11780de-819f-40d7-8b8e-10845bc8d446

Active Directory Certificate Services Upgrade and Migration Guidance
This document discusses the planning and implementation of a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) upgrade and migration from an existing Windows public key infrastructure (PKI), including scenarios and step-by-step instruction.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c70bd7cd-9f03-484b-8c4b-279bc29a3413

Webapps_Webcast_series_Jan_2011_videos
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a33b795b-f529-4a20-9335-ae2281e756cf

Microsoft IT CISO Perspective on Cloud Security
In this session, you will hear directly from Microsoft’s CISO as he shares his perspective on cloud security.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=d48897ce-e0f5-4bde-a480-c1d6378578b8

Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 Privacy Statement
Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012 Privacy Statement
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e72065f9-c08d-4c50-b785-b98416b530e3

SharePoint Server 2010 site and content security worksheet
Use this worksheet to record inherited and unique permissions, and record which groups need what level of access.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=478a6cdf-8b3c-4b2e-993f-be07715466a6

SharePoint Foundation 2010 site and content security worksheet
Use this worksheet to record inherited and unique permissions, and record which groups need what level of access.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=3ce0858d-0d59-4f70-8a55-1e493ea7c742

Events/WebCasts

Security Webcast Calendar http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37910
Find security webcasts listed in an easy-to-use calendar format.

Upcoming Security Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/security/upcoming.mspx

MSDN Webcast: Security Talk: Using the Attack Surface Analyzer (Level 200)
Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Pacific Time
TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft April Security Bulletins (Level 200)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Pacific Time

On-Demand Security Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/events/security/ondemand.mspx

News

Windows Internet Explorer 9 Released to Web
You can now download Internet Explorer 9. Check out the latest features for IT professionals, and get guidance to help you pilot and deploy this enterprise-ready browser in your organization with the Springboard Series for Internet Explorer 9.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default

Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 now available
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 includes a host of improvements and fixes based on your feedback, including a local Help Viewer, Silverlight performance tuning, .NET 3.5 unit testing, IntelliTrace for 64-bit and SharePoint, and much, much more.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=75568aa6-8107-475d-948a-ef22627e57a5&displaylang=en

Microsoft App-V 4.6 Service Pack 1 and MED-V 2.0 Released
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2011, featuring Microsoft App-V 4.6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and MED-V 2.0, is now available. App-V 4.6 SP1 makes App-V packaging easy, fast, and predictable, and MED-V 2.0 is easier to use than ever, with no dedicated infrastructure required
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mdop/archive/2011/03/09/app-v-4-6-sp1-and-med-v-2-0-are-available-as-part-of-mdop-2011.aspx

Downloads

Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Internet Explorer 9
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the administrative template files (admx/adml) delivered with Windows Internet Explorer 9.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=21e84c24-b967-4d6d-850a-5eb554d18447

VMM 2012 Beta Eval (VHD)
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 delivers industry leading fabric managment, virtual machine management and services deployment in private cloud environments.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=76002803-4fe8-4573-a76d-6b2b11adfe58

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 Beta Documentation
This download provides technical documentation for the Beta release of VMM 2012.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=f7c174f2-1d39-4fed-9778-3f41b84f744b

Server App-V Beta Documentation
The beta documentation for Microsoft Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) is available in this download.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=d24bbf9b-9d9c-4966-90e5-575852c9258b

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Common Criteria Guide
This is the supplemental administrator guidance documentation that was used in the Common Criteria evaluation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cb19538d-9e13-4ab6-af38-8f48abfdad08

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 – Evaluation
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 (VMM) is a comprehensive management solution for the virtualized data center. It enables increased physical server utilization, centralized management of virtual machine infrastructure, and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines by the administrator, delegated administrator, and authorized end users.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9189bbce-d970-4c6c-9dd3-9e65798ecd70

BranchCache Learning Roadmap
This learning roadmap provides you with links to prerequisite information you need to understand and deploy BranchCache, and also provides links to BranchCache information from level 100 to level 300. In addition there are links to optional information that will enhance your ability to expand and manage your BranchCache deployment.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cda652cf-c954-4b78-9e1b-7a660dc3b867

Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Data Sheets
Learn how Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Solutions can empower organizations to provide employees with the flexibility to work everywhere on a range of devices, while simplifying compliance and business continuity through a centralized and unified management infrastructure.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=81d1d1b8-e0e2-43c1-be91-6a5382f8ac39

Managing Microsoft Desktop Virtualization
Learn about managing desktop virtualization solutions with Microsoft technologies..
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=59e220ee-e7a1-4f8e-a86a-538b854c5e18

Microsoft RemoteFX for Remote Desktop Virtualization Host Capacity Planning Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
This white paper is intended as a guide for capacity planning of Microsoft RemoteFX in Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=679193cb-9b74-4590-a2be-00bde429c990

Remote Desktop Session Host Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft RemoteFX in Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1
This white paper is intended as a guide for capacity planning of RD Session Host in Windows Server 2008 R2 and RemoteFX in Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ca837962-4128-4680-b1c0-ad0985939063

Events/Webcasts
Full list can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/events/default.mspx

Interactive Webcast Calendar
The interactive calendar will help you quickly find live webcasts that fit your schedule as well as on-demand webcasts to view at your convenience. You can choose your time zone and filter this list by audience, webcast series, product or topic, and presenter.
http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/monthview.aspx

Monthly Archived Webcasts:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/library/default.mspx

April WebCast Calendar
http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/MonthView.aspx?stdate=4/1/2011&audience=0&series=0&product=0&presenter=0&tz=0

New KB's
Problems with Windows 7 parsing MCCS information - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2515532
“Access Denied” error trying to rename a file on share available offline -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2457622
Event ID 7000 or 7026 may be logged in the System log on a computer that is running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933757
Error message when installing RSAT: 'This update is not applicable to your computer' - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2517239
Display Changes Resolution on Windows 7 While Pressing Win+P Hot Key and Select Duplicate When Only One Monitor is Connected -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518084
The GetGlyphOutline() function incorrectly returns glyphs from the GulimChe font in Windows 7 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2447659
A DNS Update is recorded as failed: Event ID 5774, 1196, or 1578 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977158
Windows 7 stops responding when you print to a Bluetooth printer - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2461648
[SDP 3][506d1864-dc2a-493c-be61-defc84fbcd60] Volume License Activation - Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518799
[SDP 3][10678477-8f52-4968-8848-01305cbcc3c1] Performance - Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2516512
Microsoft inbox DSM may not perform well on system with many processors - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2517251
Using Hyper-V with large sector drives on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2515143
Remote Desktop or RemoteApp session does not terminate due to spawned splwow64.exe process - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2513330
Physical Memory Limits in Crash Dump files for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2510168
Group Policy Editor incorrectly displays value for drop-down box data in Group Policy settings if opened maximized - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2494205
The DNS Zone Transfer setting is not retained in Windows Server 2008 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2514953
You cannot manage a remote DNS server by using RSAT or the DNS MMC on Window Server-based computers - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2514936
A static record is not updated to a dynamic record as expected in the Windows Server MMC - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2514994
Directory Services - Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2515358
A hotfix is available to update the Daylight Saving Time for Chile for Windows Operating Systems - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2519231
MS11-015: Description of the security update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005: March 8, 2011 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2502898
MS11-017: Description of the security update for Remote Desktop client 5.2: March 8, 2011 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2483618
Offline File Synchronization – In Windows 7 the "Work Offline/Work Online" option button disappears from Windows Explorer after an offline / online transition and the Client Side Cache remains offline until the next restart of the computer - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2512089
A device may be displayed as the default icon on the network map when the network has more than 10 hosts - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2506718
Keys in the CNG user interface are always described as having no description in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2507840
A black screen is displayed when a Windows 7 SP1-based or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computer tries to enter hibernation - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496744
MS11-017: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop client could allow remote code execution: March 8, 2011 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2508062
MS11-017: Description of the security update for Remote Desktop client 7.0: March 8, 2011 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2483614

Cyber Security Strategy

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Microsoft Security Updates - April 2011