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We’ve gotten a number of questions from customers who are concerned about the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability addressed by Microsoft on Tuesday with their security bulletin MS012-020. We wanted to take a moment to update you on this. This bulletin addresses a critical, remote execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows systems that have RDP enabled. […]

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The March Security Bulletin release from Microsoft was relatively light in volume. Out of the six bulletins released, only one was rated as Critical.And for good reason. MS12-020 includes CVE-2012-0002. This flaw is specific to the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) present on most current versions of Microsoft Windows. The RDP service, by default, listens on TCP port 3389. And […]

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First: Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol is disabled on Windows by default. So most computers are unaffected by issues highlighted as a result of the month’s “Patch Tuesday”. However: If you administer RDP enabled workstations — then you probably should read Microsoft’s Security Research & Defense post about CVE-2012-0002. CVE-2012-0002 was privately reported to Microsoft, and […]

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