NPR Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles (2011)

via Fantasy Book Critic;

Last month we asked you, our audience, to nominate titles for a top-100 list of the best science fiction and fantasy ever written. The response was overwhelming — almost 5,000 of you posted to the NPR site alone, and many thousands more offered suggestions on Facebook. [1]

Although the Top 100 will be an interesting list, the complete list of 237 gives us a fair range of reading to sort through for something new or different.

Adobe Patches (AUG-2011)

Bulletin	Description	Severity	Impact	Software
APSB11-19	Security update available for Adobe Shockwave Player	Random code execution	Critical	Adobe Shockwave Player
APSB11-20	Security updates available for Adobe Flash Media Server	Random code execution	Critical	Adobe Flash Media Server
APSB11-21	Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player	Random code execution	Critical	Adobe Flash Player
APSB11-22	Security updates available for Adobe Photoshop CS5	Random code execution	Critical	Adobe Photoshop CS5
APSB11-23	Security updates available for RoboHelp	Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability	Important	RoboHelp

PATCH NOW:
APSB11-19, APSB11-20, APSB11-21, APSB11-22

Shockwave, Flash ad Acrobat installers are available via http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

LINKS:
[1.] Adobe – Security bulletins and advisories (2011-Aug-09) [Adobe]
[2.] Adobe August 2011 Black Tuesday Overview (2011-Aug-09) [SANS]

Patch Tuesday Wednesday (AUG-2011)

This month Microsoft have released thirteen (13) security bulletins One (1) of these security bulletins two (2) are rated Critical, nine (9) are rated Important and two (2) are rated Moderate.

As I previously mentioned in the Advance Notification Service blog post on Thursday, today we are releasing 13 security bulletins, two of which are rated Critical in severity, nine Important and two Moderate.
These bulletins will increase protection by addressing 22 unique vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Customers should plan to install all of these updates as soon as possible. For those who must prioritize deployment, we recommend focusing first on the two critical updates … [1]

Bulletin	KB number	Description	Severity	Impact	Software
MS11-057	2559049	Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer	Remote Code Execution	Critical	Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer
MS11-058	2562485	Vulnerabilities in DNS Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Remote Code Execution	Critical	Microsoft Windows
MS11-059	2560656	Vulnerability in Data Access Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Remote Code Execution	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS11-060	2560978	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Remote Code Execution	Important	Microsoft Office
MS11-061	2546250	Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Web Access Could Allow Elevation of Privilege	Elevation of Privilege	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS11-062	2566454	Vulnerability in Remote Access Service NDISTAPI Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege	Elevation of Privilege	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS11-063	2567680	Vulnerability in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem Could Allow Elevation of Privilege	Elevation of Privilege	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS11-064	2563894	Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP Stack Could Allow Denial of Service	Denial of Service	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS11-065	2570222	Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Protocol Could Allow Denial of Service	Denial of Service	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS11-066	2567943	Vulnerability in Microsoft Chart Control Could Allow Information Disclosure	Information Disclosure	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS11-067	2578230	Vulnerability in Microsoft Report Viewer Could Allow Information Disclosure	Information Disclosure	Important	Microsoft Developer Tools
MS11-068	2556532	Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Allow Denial of Service	Denial of Service	Moderate	Microsoft Windows
MS11-069	2567951	Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Information Disclosure	Information Disclosure	Moderate	Microsoft .NET Framework

PATCH NOW:
NOW: MS11-057 (Internet Explorer), MS11-058 (DNS Server), MS11-060 (Visio)

LINKS:
[1.] A live BlueHat Prize webcast and the August 2011 security updates (2011-Aug-09) [MS: MSRC]
[2.] Microsoft August 2011 Black Tuesday Overview (2011-Aug-09) [SANS]
[3.] Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August 2011 (2011-Aug-09) [MS]
[4.] Microsoft security updates for August 2011 (2011-Aug-09) [MS]