Ever since ESXi 6.0 was released there have been reports of 'purple screen of death' when using an Nvidia GPU and vSGA. This is something that we ourselves have experienced and have also read posts of others having the same problem.
What are they?
These are two vulnerabilities that affect computer chips in Servers, Desktops, Mobile devices and even Smart TV’s.
If you have installed Direct Access on a domain controller you will find that you can't ping anything other than the DA server.
A security advisory has been released by Microsoft that addresses a vulnerability that could allow remote code execution if the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine scans a specially crafted file. This allows an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the LocalSystem account and take control of the system.
Intel have recently published a security advisory regarding a firmware vulnerability in certain systems that use Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT), Intel® Standard Manageability (ISM) or Intel® Small Business Technology (SBT). This could enable a network attacker to gain access remotely to PC’s or devices that use these systems.
Urgent Security Update for Microsoft Windows SMB Server
Microsoft has announced a security update to resolve vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends specially crafted messages to a Microsoft Server Message Block 1.0 (SMBv1) server. This security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows, and addresses the vulnerabilities by correcting how SMBv1 handles specially crafted requests.