{"id":13545,"date":"2017-09-14T02:09:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T02:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dfi.ch\/important-flash-news\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T12:51:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T12:51:39","slug":"important-flash-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheops-technology.ch\/en\/important-flash-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Flash news"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13545\" class=\"elementor elementor-13545 elementor-579\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7122f260 ot-traditional elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7122f260\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e81cbf5 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"6e81cbf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b644794 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b644794\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> <\/p><h4>CRITICAL vulnerability in Microsoft Framework .NET<\/h4><p> <\/p><p>A highly critical vulnerability has just been published by Microsoft Corporation.<\/p><p>This vulnerability is based on the .NET Framework, which is used by Microsoft Office and many other applications. <strong>It allows the contamination of your computer simply by opening a malicious file that would be sent to you by email for example.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><h5>WHICH SYSTEMS ARE AFFECTED?<\/h5><p>All versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows Server.<\/p><p> <\/p><h5>WHAT ARE THE RISKS?<\/h5><p>The risk of this infection is for example the installation of spyware on your computer. The purpose of using spyware is to retrieve private and confidential data for malicious purposes or inappropriate use of your computer resources. It is highly likely that a ransomware attack using and exploiting this vulnerability will be released shortly: it will encrypt your data and demand a financial ransom for its return.<\/p><p> <\/p><h5>HOW TO REACT TO THIS ATTACK?<\/h5><ul><li><strong>IMMEDIATELY<\/strong> update your computer system with the latest Microsoft security patches (September 12).<\/li><li>Pay particular attention and do not open any document\/link from a suspicious email or <strong>from a person you do not know<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul><p>DFi\u2019s SOC (Security Operations Center) customers are already covered (or being covered) for both detection and remediation.<\/p><h5> <\/h5><h5>REFERENCES OF THE SECURITY FLAW:<\/h5><p>.NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br>CVE-2017-8759<\/p><p> <\/p><h5>SOME LINKS FOR MORE TECHNICAL INFORMATION:<\/h5><p><a href=\"http:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8759\">http:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8759<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8759\"><br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2017-8759\">https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2017-8759<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Let\u2019s stay vigilant together.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Security Operations Center \u2013 DFi Service SA <\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRITICAL vulnerability in Microsoft Framework .NET A highly critical vulnerability has just been published by Microsoft Corporation. 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