by Scott Muniz | May 11, 2022 | Security, Technology
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by Contributed | May 10, 2022 | Technology
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Microsoft has released security updates (SUs) for vulnerabilities found in:
- Exchange Server 2013
- Exchange Server 2016
- Exchange Server 2019
IMPORTANT: Starting with this release of Security Updates, we are releasing updates in a self-extracting auto-elevating .exe package (in addition to the existing Windows Installer Patch format). Please see this post for more information. Original update packages can be downloaded from Microsoft Update Catalog.
These SUs are available for the following specific builds of Exchange Server:
The SUs address vulnerabilities responsibly reported to Microsoft by security partners and found through Microsoft’s internal processes. Although we are not aware of any active exploits in the wild, our recommendation is to immediately install these updates to protect your environment.
These vulnerabilities affect Exchange Server. Exchange Online customers are already protected from the vulnerabilities addressed in these SUs and do not need to take any action other than updating any Exchange servers in their environment.
More details about specific CVEs can be found in the Security Update Guide (filter on Exchange Server under Product Family).
Manual run of /PrepareAllDomains is required
Because of additional security hardening work for CVE-2022-21978, the following actions should be taken in addition to application of May 2022 security updates:
Latest version of Exchange Server installed in the organization
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Additional steps needed
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Exchange Server 2016 CU22 or CU23, or
Exchange Server 2019 CU11 or CU12
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Install the May 2022 SU first and then run the following Command Prompt command once using Setup.exe in your Exchange Server installation path (e.g., …Program FilesMicrosoftExchange Serverv15Bin):
“Setup.exe /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms_DiagnosticDataON /PrepareAllDomains”
Or
“Setup.exe /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms_DiagnosticDataOFF /PrepareAllDomains”
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Exchange Server 2013 CU23
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Install the May 2022 SU first and then run the following Command Prompt command once using Setup.exe in your Exchange Server installation path (e.g., …Program FilesMicrosoftExchange Serverv15Bin):
Setup.exe /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms /PrepareAllDomains
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Any older version of Exchange Server not listed above
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Update your Exchange server to the latest CU, install May 2022 SU and then follow the steps above.
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You need to run /PrepareAllDomains only once per organization and those changes will apply to all versions of Exchange Server within the organization. When you run /PrepareAllDomains, your account needs to be a member of the Enterprise Admins security group. This might be a different account from the one you use to install the SU.
Update installation
Two update paths are available:
Inventory your Exchange Servers / determine which updates are needed
Use the Exchange Server Health Checker script (use the latest release) to inventory your servers. Running this script will tell you if any of your Exchange Servers are behind on updates (CUs and SUs).
Update to the latest Cumulative Update
Go to https://aka.ms/ExchangeUpdateWizard and choose your currently running CU and your target CU to get directions for your environment.
If you encounter errors during or after installation of Exchange Server updates
If you encounter errors during installation, see the SetupAssist script. If something does not work properly after updates, see Repair failed installations of Exchange Cumulative and Security updates.
Known issues with this release
We are not aware of any known issues with this release.
Issues resolved by this release
The following issues have been resolved in this update:
- Exchange Service Host service fails after installing March 2022 security update (KB5013118)
- New-DatabaseAvailabilityGroupNetwork and Set-DatabaseAvailabilityGroupNetwork fail with error 0xe0434352
- The UM Voicemail greetings function stops working and returns error 0xe0434352.
- Unable to send mails through EAS and Get-EmailAddressPolicy fails with Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.BlockedDeserializeTypeException after installing Security Update KB5008631 for Exchange 2019
FAQs
My organization is in Hybrid mode with Exchange Online. Do I need to do anything?
While Exchange Online customers are already protected, the May 2022 SUs do need to be installed on your on-premises Exchange servers, even if they are used only for management purposes. You do not need to re-run the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) after installing updates.
Do I need to install the updates on ‘Exchange Management Tools only’ workstations?
Servers or workstations running only the Management Tools role (no Exchange services) do not need these updates. If your organization uses only an Exchange Management Tools machine, then you should install the May 2022 SU package on it and run /PrepareAllDomains as per the above instructions to update Active Directory permissions.
Instructions seem to indicate that we should /PrepareAllDomains after May 2022 SU is installed; is that correct?
Yes. The May 2022 SU package updates files in Exchange server folders when it is installed. That is why once those files are updated (SU is installed) – we ask you to go and explicitly /PrepareAllDomains using setup from v15Bin folder.
NOTE: This post might receive future updates; they will be listed here (if available).
The Exchange Server Team
by Scott Muniz | May 10, 2022 | Security, Technology
This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.
CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have updated the joint cybersecurity advisory, Strengthening Cybersecurity of SATCOM Network Providers and Customers, originally released March 17, 2022, with U.S. government attribution to Russian state-sponsored malicious cyber actors. The United States assesses Russia launched cyberattacks in late February against commercial satellite communications networks to disrupt Ukrainian command and control during the Russia invasion, and those actions had spillover impacts into other European countries.
CISA is working with both international and JCDC partners to strengthen our collective cybersecurity resilience—especially in the critical infrastructure that governments and citizens rely on—and to protect against and respond to malicious cyber activity. We continue to urge public and private sector partners to review and implement the guidance contained in U.S. government cybersecurity advisories, including Strengthening Cybersecurity of SATCOM Network Providers and Customers, the January 2022 cybersecurity advisory on Protecting VSAT Communications, and the April 2022 cybersecurity advisory on Russian State-Sponsored and Criminal Threats to Critical Infrastructure. CISA also recommends partners review the CISA Shields Up, Shields Up Technical Guidance, and Russia webpages to stay current on the preventive measures that can help guard against Russian cyber threats and tactics.
by Contributed | May 9, 2022 | Technology
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Descubra vulnerabilidades e automatize a atualização de dependências com GitHub Dependabot
Dando continuidade ao artigo Como manter meu código seguro usando o GitHub nesse artigo vamos ver como o Dependabot pode nos ajudar a manter nosso código mais seguro.
Dependabot
Dependabot é um recurso que além de identificar vulnerabilidades nas dependências do seu código, ele pode te ajudar criando Pull Requests com a atualização da dependência com a versão já corrigida. Ele está disponível para todos os repositórios e recentemente foi liberada uma atualização que permite a atualização das dependências privadas do seu repositório.
Para isso ele conta com o GitHub Advisory Database uma lista de vulnerabilidades de segurança conhecidas, agrupadas em duas categorias:
GitHub-reviewed advisories – As vulnerabilidades que já foram identificadas e analisadas pelo GitHub, para essas são geradas notificações sempre que uma vulnerabilidade for identificada nas dependências do seu repositório, para isso, o alerta do Dependabot deve ser ativado.
Unreviewed advisories – As vulnerabilidades que estão listadas no feed do National Vulnerability Database, o Dependabot não gera alertas para essas vulnerabilidades, pois não houve verificação sobre a validade ou integridade por parte do GitHub.
O GitHub adiciona vulnerabilidades na lista do GitHub Advisory Database a partir das seguintes fontes:
Como habilitar o Dependabot
Para habilitar, você precisa acessar o menu Security -> Dependabot alerts e habilitar a opção Enable Dependabot alerts
Painel de Segurança do portal do GitHub, nela está destacado os seguintes termos: Security, Dependabot alerts, Enable Dependabot alerts
Com isso o Dependabot já passa a monitorar seu repositório em busca de vulnerabilidades nas dependências do seu repositório.
A partir de agora o Dependabot passará a gerar aletas sempre que:
- Uma nova vulnerabilidade for adicionada no GitHub Advisory Database
- O Gráfico dependência for atualizado. Exemplo um desenvolvedor faz um push de um commit que atualiza alguma dependência que esteja na lista do GitHub Advisory Database .
O que acontece depois de habilitar o Dependabot
Acessando novamente o menu Security -> Dependabot alerts é possível visualizar se há algum alerta de vulnerabilidade. Você terá acesso a uma lista completa de todas as vulnerabilidades encontradas em seu repositório, podendo filtrar por Pacote, ecossistema ou manifesto, há a opção de ordenar por mais novo, mais antigo, gravidade, localidade do manifesto ou nome do pacote.
Alertas do portal do GitHub, agora com uma lista de vulnerabilidades e com os seguintes termos destacados: Security e Dependabot alerts
Clicando no alerta é possível obter mais informações sobre a vulnerabilidade, que pode incluir a descrição, nível de gravidade, nome do pacote afetado, ecossistema do pacote, as versões afetadas e as versões de patch, impacto e algumas informações opcionais como, por exemplo, referências, soluções alternativas e créditos. Além disso, um link para o registro CVE, onde você pode ler mais detalhes sobre a vulnerabilidade, suas pontuações CVSS e seu nível de gravidade qualitativa.
Detalhes de uma vulnerabilidade destacando as seguintes informações Severity, Affected versions, Patched version, impact, Patches, workarounds, weaknesses CVE ID e GHSA ID
O dependabot também envia notificações para os mantenedores do repositório onde a vulnerabilidade foi encontrada. Por padrão o mantenedor receberá um e-mail com um breve relato sobre a descoberta.
E-mail enviado pelo Dependabot
Localize repositórios com vulnerabilidades
Acessando o GitHub Advisory Database é possível identificar quais repositórios possui dependências com vulnerabilidade, para isso acesse o GitHub Advisory Database clicando nesse link.
Tela inicial do GitHub Advisory Database
No GitHub Advisory Database é possível filtrar as vulnerabilidades por ecossistema, CVE/GHSA ID, nome do pacote, gravidade ou ordenar por mais novo, mais antigo, atualizado recentemente ou menos atualizado recentemente. Ao localizar a vulnerabilidade desejada é possível ver quais repositórios utiliza a dependência.
Resultado de pesquisa do GitHub Advisory Database, destacando o termo Dependabot alert
Resultado de pesquisa do GitHub Advisory Database mostrando quais repositórios há a dependência selecionada, o nome do repositório está destacado.
Atualize as dependências com ajuda do Dependabot
Após um alerta ser gerado, se já existir uma versão com a correção da vulnerabilidade o Dependabot abre um Pull Request com a ação corretiva, em alguns casos quando o as informações são suficientes uma pontuação de confiabilidade é gerada.
O Pull Request passa pelos mesmos testes que os demais Pull Requests gerados pelo time responsável pelo repositório, portanto fica na responsabilidade do mantenedor do repositório avaliar e se estiver tudo correto aprovar o Pull Request. A aprovação dos Pull Requests podem ser automatizada utilizando as Actions para saber mais sobre como automatizar o Dependabot com o GitHub Actions acesse esse link
Pull request aberto pelo Dependabot
Conclusão
O Dependabot é um recurso que não podemos deixar de habilitar em nossos repositórios, é grátis, faz boa parte do trabalho sozinho e nos ajuda a manter nosso código muito mais seguro.
by Contributed | May 6, 2022 | Technology
This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.
Last November, we announced the availability of a new JavaScript API in Excel. This new API allows developers to create their own custom data types containing images, entities, arrays, and formatted number values – backed by their own custom data sources, in addition to allowing for the creation of custom functions which can make use of these new Excel Data Types, both as inputs and outputs.
We were excited for the possibilities and the unique solutions that would be created using this new API.
Today, we’re even more excited to share with you some of the work CCP Games has been doing using the API, to bring their data right to your fingertips as Excel data types.
CCP Games, a Pearl Abyss company since 2019, was founded in 1997 in Reykjavik, Iceland. With the launch of EVE Online in May 2003, CCP Games established itself as one of the most innovative companies in interactive entertainment, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide.
Eve Online is a space-based, persistent world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), wherein players can participate in a number of in-game professions and activities, including mining, piracy, manufacturing, trading, exploration, and combat. The game is renowned for its scale and complexity with regards to player interactions – in its single, shared game world, players engage in unscripted economic competition, warfare, and political schemes with other players.
EVE Online players frequently use Excel to work with in-game data to model and calculate everything from trading profit margins to battle strategy. It has even been fondly nicknamed “Spreadsheets in Space.” Now, by utilizing the new JavaScript API in Excel, CCP Games hopes to make this in-game data even easier for players to access, work with, and quickly refresh.
Here are some examples of the kinds of new Data Types we have been thinking about making available within the Eve Online add-in:
Data Type
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Example
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Ships – Ships are instrumental in the Eve Online universe. They can be used to travel, ferry materials and of course battle your opponents.
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Materials – Materials are the backbone of any universe and Eve Online is no different. These data types contain pricing and other information to aid in market and building decision making.
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Blueprints – Blueprints and materials are like bread and butter. These two things in concert allow players to create items in the universe. Plan out your resource gathering requirements for your next move
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Star Systems – Eve Online has a vast array of Star Systems to explore in the universe. These data types aid in decision making on how to manipulate these systems best to the players advantage.
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Eve Online Item Search
Custom Functions are also being thought about. In this example, it’s possible to easily get at the data players are looking for. This function searches the vast array of in-game items to return results quickly and efficiently.
This is just a glimpse of the vast set of data that makes up the Eve Online universe.
The hope is that with this add-in CCP Games can
- Allow open and easy access for curious minds
- Support small and mid-size player corporations with organizing activities that don’t have access to infrastructure
- Facilitate advanced and hardcore gameplay and optimization strategies
We look forward to seeing this work evolve over the course of the project!
Learn More
You can learn more about CCP Games’ partnership with the Excel team at link coming soon, and we’re thrilled to be featured at EVE Fanfest 2022, May 6-7 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
To learn more about the data types JavaScript API in Excel, you can check out these resources:
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