Adobe Patch – Adobe Flash Player

On 21 Sep 2011, Adobe released an updated version of Flash Player.

Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.7 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, and Adobe Flash Player 10.3.186.6 and earlier versions for Android. These vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. [1]

Bulletin	Description	Severity	Impact	Software
APSB11-26	Security update available for Adobe Flash Player	Remote code execution	Critical	Adobe Flash Player

PATCH NOW:
APSB11-26 – There are reports that this issue is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks designed to trick the user into clicking on a malicious link delivered in an email message.

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

LINKS:
[1.] Adobe – Security bulletins and advisories (2011-Sep-21) [Adobe]
[2.] Prenotification: Security Update for Flash Player (2011-Sep-) [Adobe PSIRT Blog]
[3.] Emergency patch expected for Flash Player (2011-Sep-21) [SANS]

This weeks links (2011-09-19)

UCI Road World Championships 2011
Copenhagen, Sep 19 – Sep 25, 2011

* Live Video, Preview, Map, Profile, Results and Photos [Steephill]

* UCI Road World Championships [SBS Cycling Central]

* UCI Road World Championships 2011 [cyclingnews]

* Twitter #roadworlds

In brief:

* 12 examples of obnoxious behavior on Twitter (2011-Sep-12) [PR Daily]

* Trolling: Who does it and why? (2011-Sep-14) [BBC]

* University study finds students with Apple’s iPad perform better than peers (2011-Sep-19) [Apple Insider]

* Harried, underpaid staff plan to flee the sector (2011-Sep-21) [The Australian]
Dissatisfaction and insecurity are so rife among casual and sessional staff that a new report for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations estimates that close to half the academic workforce will retire, move to an overseas university or leave higher education altogether within the next decade.

Some reading/listening:

* Story: As The Wheel Turns by Aliette de Bodard (Duration: 50:41 — 46.4MB) [Dark Fiction]

Music Monday #075 – Arrrgh! Shiver me timbers

As September 19th be International Pirate Day, this week’s Music Monday be designed to shiver ye timbers, me hearties.

Why do we need an International Talk Like a Pirate Day?
Make no mistake. We do. But it’s a little hard to articulate why, especially when you’ve made the mistake of referring to your wife as a scurvy bilge rat and tried to order her back into the galley.
Talking like a pirate is fun. It’s really that simple.
It gives your conversation a swagger, an elán, denied to landlocked lubbers. The best explanation came from a guy at a Cleveland radio station who interviewed us on the 2002 Talk Like a Pirate Day. He told us we were going to be buried by people asking for interviews because it was a “whimsical alternative” to all the serious things that were making the news so depressing.
In other words, silliness is the holiday’s best selling point.
– Why talk like a pirate – and how

And now for some music …

Talk Like A Pirate Day 2011

Avast, me hearties!
…In the nine years since Dave Barry mentioned us in his nationally syndicated newspaper column, what once was a goofy idea celebrated by a handful of friends has turned into an international phenomenon that shows no sign of letting up. Maybe you read about us on line.. Maybe you caught one of our radio or TV interviews. Or maybe you just stumbled on to our site while googling around for sites your mother probably wouldn’t approve of. Or perhaps you’re one of the millions of people from South Africa to the South Pole, from New York to the Pacific Northwest, who’ve made it your own personal excuse to party like pirates every September 19th (and sometimes for days before and after)!
– Talk Like A Pirate Day

Legend of the Seeker – Season 2

Description:
In the stunning finale of season one, Richard “The Seeker” unleashed the power of Orden to destroy his mortal enemy Darken Rahl. Unfortunately, the Seeker will soon learn – the greatest harm can come from the best intentions. When the power engulfed Rahl, he held Kahlan in his clutches. Now in order to save Kahlan and close the rift that he unwittingly created, the Seeker and his allies must go on an epic quest for a mythical object called “the stone of tears.” With a demonic monster and an army of Mord’Sith’s hot on their heels, the bonds between Richard, Kahlan, and Zedd will be tested in unbelievable ways. The times are darker, the enemies are greater and the only way that the Seeker can prevail is by becoming the legend that destiny demands.

Loosely based on Terry Goodkind’s Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, #2)

During Series 2 we have been using our invented boobage/chestage scale while watching to rate the character’s importance to the plot – the more important the character, the more prominent their boobage/chestage will be. If you have no boobage/chestage you are the Seeker version of a Redshirt.

VERDICT: ★★★

(Beware! Spoilers after the jump)

RUOK? Day is Thursday, September 15th,2011

http://www.ruokday.com.au/

Tour of Britain 2011

Tour of Britain 2011 : 11 Sep – 18 Sep, 2011

The Tour of Britain takes place over eight days and nine stages in 2011, with the inclusion of an individual time trial in central London on the final day of the race. Britain’s biggest professional cycle race and the UK’s largest free-to-spectate live sporting event begins in Peebles in the Scottish Borders on Sunday 11th September, finishing in London with an iconic finish on Whitehall on Sunday 18th September.
Along the way The Tour visits the North West, Wales, Stoke-on-Trent, Devon, Somerset and East Anglia for the eighth edition of Britain’s national Tour since it’s revival by SweetSpot Group in 2004.
– http://www.tourofbritain.com

Stage 1 Sun Sep 11 : Peebles → Dumfries, 170.3km
Stage 2 Mon Sep 12 : Kendal → Blackpool, 137.7km
Stage 3 Tue Sep 13 : Stoke-on-Trent → Stoke-on-Trent, 140km
Stage 4 Wed Sep 14 : Welshpool → Caerphilly, 183.7km
Stage 5 Thu Sep 15 : Exeter → Exmouth, 180.3km
Stage 6 Fri Sep 16 : Taunton → Wells, 146km
Stage 7 Sat Sep 17 : Bury St Edmunds → Sandringham, 199.7km
Stage 8A Sun Sep 18 : London → London (ITT), 8.8km
Stage 8B Sun Sep 18 : London → London, 90km

• The Tour of Britain 2011 – The Race [www.tourofbritain.com]
• Tour of Britain 2011 [CyclingNews]
• Tour of Britain 2011 [SBS]
• Tour of Britain 2011 [EuroSport]
• Tour of Britain 2011: Cycling Weekly’s coverage index [Cycling Weekly]
• Current local time in London, England, United Kingdom [WorldClock]

Live:

Twitter #tob

Tickers/Streaming
* Stage 1- live tracking [www.tourofbritain.com]
* Stage two was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions
* Stage 3- live tracking [www.tourofbritain.com]
* Stage 4- live tracking [www.tourofbritain.com]
* Stage 5- live tracking [www.tourofbritain.com]
* Stage 6- live tracking [www.tourofbritain.com]
* Stage 7- live tracking [www.tourofbritain.com]
* Stage 8- live tracking [www.tourofbritain.com]

Windows 8

Windows 8 Developer Preview via Windows Dev Center

System Requirements
Windows Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7:
* 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
* 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
* 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
* DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
* Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch

HP Compaq nx6320 – Cold boot and log on…

LINKS:
[1] Windows Developer Preview guide (PDF) [MS]

Adobe Patches (SEP-2011)

This month Adobe has released updates for Adobe Reader X (10.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Acrobat X (10.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh to resolve critical security issues.

Bulletin	Description	Severity	Impact	Software
APSB11-24	Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat	Remote code execution	Critical	Adobe Reader and Acrobat

PATCH NOW:
APSB11-24

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

LINKS:
[1.] Adobe – Security bulletins and advisories (2011-Sep-13) [Adobe]
[2.] Adobe September 2011 Black Tuesday overview (2011-Sep-13) [SANS]

Patch Tuesday Wednesday (SEP-2011)

This month Microsoft have released five (5) security bulletins all five (5) of these security bulletins are rated as Important.

Today, we are also releasing five Important security bulletins as part of our regular monthly release cycle to help protect customers using Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. As always, we encourage that customers test and deploy all security updates as soon as possible to protect their systems, but because we did not rate any of September’s updates Critical, we are not giving any a level 1 deployment priority. … [1]

Bulletin	KB number	Description	Severity	Impact	Software
MS11-070	2571621	Vulnerability in WINS Could Allow Elevation of Privilege	Elevation of Privilege	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS11-071	2570947	Vulnerability in Windows Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Remote Code Execution	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS11-072	2587505	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Remote Code Execution	Important	Microsoft Office, Microsoft Server Software
MS11-073	2587634	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Remote Code Execution	Important	Microsoft Office
MS11-074	2451858	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege	Elevation of Privilege	Important	Microsoft Office, Microsoft Server Software

PATCH NOW:
No patches are rated for immediate deployment this month.

LINKS:
[1.] More on DigiNotar Certificates, and September Bulletins (2011-Sep-13) [MS: MSRC]
[2.] Early Patch Tuesday Today: Microsoft September 2011 Patches (2011-Sep-09) [SANS]
[3.] Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2011 (2011-Sep-13) [MS]
[4.] Microsoft security updates for September 2011 (2011-Sep-13) [MS]