Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2013

Published: Thursday, July 04, 2013

Version: 1.0

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on July 9, 2013.
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Bulletin Information

Executive Summaries

Affected Software

Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance

Other Information

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft will release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center.

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Non-Security Updates on MU, WU, and WSUS

For information about non-security releases on Windows Update and Microsoft Update, please see:

• Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 894199: Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content. Includes all Windows content.
• Updates from Past Months for Windows Server Update Services: Displays all new, revised, and rereleased updates for Microsoft products other than Microsoft Windows.

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Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP)

To improve security protections for customers, Microsoft provides vulnerability information to major security software providers in advance of each monthly security update release. Security software providers can then use this vulnerability information to provide updated protections to customers via their security software or devices, such as antivirus, network-based intrusion detection systems, or host-based intrusion prevention systems. To determine whether active protections are available from security software providers, please visit the active protections websites provided by program partners, listed in Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) Partners.

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Security Strategies and Community

Update Management Strategies
Security Guidance for Update Management provides additional information about Microsoft’s best-practice recommendations for applying security updates.
Obtaining Other Security Updates
Updates for other security issues are available from the following locations:

• Security updates are available from Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".
• Updates for consumer platforms are available from Microsoft Update.
• You can obtain the security updates offered this month on Windows Update, from Download Center on Security and Critical Releases ISO CD Image files. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 913086.

IT Pro Security Community
Learn to improve security and optimize your IT infrastructure, and participate with other IT Pros on security topics in IT Pro Security Community.

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Support

• The affected software listed have been tested to determine which versions are affected. Other versions are past their support life cycle. To determine the support life cycle for your software version, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle.
• Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support
• Help protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware: Virus and Security Solution Center
• Local support according to your country: International Support

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Disclaimer

The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.

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Teacher in alleged child abuse case fired; 2 more police reports made

Teacher in alleged child abuse case fired; 2 more police reports made

    POSTED: 08 Jul 2013 8:35 PM

The NTUC My First Skool teacher at the centre of an alleged child abuse case has been dismissed.

SINGAPORE: The NTUC My First Skool teacher at the centre of an alleged child abuse case has been dismissed.

NTUC First Campus, which runs My First Skool, said the teacher acknowledged her actions were "inappropriate" during a panel meeting Monday morning and accepted the dismissal.

Meanwhile, two other parents whose children were under the teacher's care have also filed police reports.

Channel NewsAsia understands that the two other parents had seen their children with bruises in the past, and want the police to investigate if their children had also been mishandled.

The 51-year-old teacher was arrested Sunday following an earlier police report.

The teacher is currently out on bail and police say investigations are still ongoing.

The incident happened on 5 July at My First Skool in Toa Payoh.

CCTV footage showing a woman dragging a boy across the floor and pushing him down with force has gone viral online. The woman is believed to be the child's teacher.

The father of the child said the boy suffered a hairline fracture in his left shin.

The parents had demanded to see the CCTV footage of the incident after they were told that the child had a fall.

About 10 parents from the playgroup class met the CEO of NTUC First Campus and the general manager of My First Skool on Monday morning.

Fourteen of the 45 children previously cared for by the teacher were absent on Monday.

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Shanmugam urges FT to correct inaccuracies

Shanmugam urges FT to correct inaccuracies

    By Kimberly Spykerman
    POSTED: 08 Jul 2013 4:45 PM
  
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K Shanmugam on Monday said he hopes the Financial Times (FT) would do the "honourable thing" and correct the inaccuracies it set out in its first article about American researcher Shane Todd's death.

SINGAPORE: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K Shanmugam on Monday said he hopes the Financial Times (FT) would do the "honourable thing" and correct the inaccuracies it set out in its first article about American researcher Shane Todd's death.

This follows the State Coroner's verdict that Dr Todd had committed suicide by hanging himself.

He said that the journalist who wrote the article, Raymond Bonner, had "recycled untruths" and that he hoped FT would "set out the truth".

He said the conspiracy theory that Dr Todd had been murdered was based on "untruths", "pure imagination", and "pure fantasy", pointing specifically to three allegations put forward by Dr Todd's family.

First, that the family had found Dr Todd's hard disk drive which allegedly contained proof Dr Todd was involved in sensitive research.

The minister said this was untrue as it was the Singapore police who had handed over the hard disk to the family at a meeting which US embassy officials were present. This was also confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Second, that someone had mysteriously accessed Dr Todd's computer after he died, which suggested a conspiracy.

Mr Shanmugam said that evidence in court had shown the person who accessed the computer was the investigating officer.

Third, that the family's expert witness, Dr Edward Adelstein, had said Dr Todd was strangled with a cord or wire -- a theory which he later retracted.

The minister said: "He went on, really on a thought experiment and he said given his experience in Asia, people get killed by criminals. And therefore Dr Todd must have been killed. I think you can say this is somewhat farcical."

Mr Shanmugam pointed to evidence from four pathologists -- two from the US and two top Singaporean pathologists -- who concluded that Dr Todd had committed suicide by hanging himself.

He said: "We had 73 witness statements presented in court, 44 testified. All who wanted to give evidence were able to do so. Experts were presented, we worked with the FBI. So we've cooperated with the US officials.

"I think the world can see what we have done, and all I can say is we have acted according to the law, to get to the truth. This is what we would do in every case of unnatural death. I think the US authorities can see for themselves what we have done."

The minister also acknowledged that it was not easy for Dr Todd's family to accept that he committed suicide.

He said: "I think we can all understand if we were in the parents' shoes, you know this young man, he had a PhD, he had a bright future ahead of him, he had done well... So it's very very difficult to accept that he would have gone out there with a full and promising career ahead of him, that he would have killed himself.

"We have to make allowance for that, understand that. Nevertheless, I think one has got to come to grips with the truth, and the reality, and at some point in time, reach closure and not make allegations which are not based on facts."

Mr Shanmugam added that the family never explained how the untruths came about as they walked out of the proceedings before testifying.

In response to questions about the family calling the outcome pre-determined, Mr Shanmugam said: "There's no reason for the Attorney-General's Chambers to want any conclusion," adding that all evidence had been dealt with.

Pointing to a statement issued by the US Embassy which said that the process had been "fair and transparent", Mr Shanmugam added that US-Singapore ties would not be affected.

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Shane Todd's family to pursue case in US

Shane Todd's family to pursue case in US

    By Malcolm Brown
    POSTED: 08 Jul 2013 11:59 AM
   
Dr Shane Todd's family back in the United States is vowing to keep pursuing its position that he was murdered.

MONTANA: There is no sign that the verdict into the death of Shane Todd, the young American electrical engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment, will end the controversy surrounding the case.

On Monday, Singapore's State Coroner Chay Yuen Fatt ruled that Dr Todd committed suicide and was not murdered as his family claims.

His family back in the United States is vowing to keep pursuing its position that he was murdered.

With the grandeur of its landscape of mountains, forests, lakes and waterways, Montana is sometimes called 'Big Sky Country'. It is a very long way from Singapore where Shane Todd died over a year ago.

For his family, neither distance nor the passage of time has diminished the desire to get to the bottom of what happened.

Dr Todd’s parents Mary and Rick Todd keep memories of their son alive, even as they fight to prove their case that he was murdered.

Instead, the Todds have assembled their own evidence, some of which they have circulated in an open letter to "media outlets and elected officials".

Among the supporting documents are photographs of their son's body, including his hands, which they say show signs of a struggle.

Underlying everything the family said is their vehement rejection of official findings that Shane Todd killed himself.

Meanwhile, the Todds try to live something like a normal life.

They point to their Christian faith and the church group which meets weekly on their property as sources of enormous support.

And, as they look to the future, the couple promises further evidence to come from the contents of their son's computer, which they found backed up on an external hard drive which they brought back home.

"The rest of the story will be told because there is a lot on that computer proving what we are contending here," said Mary Todd.

The Todds intend to wage a campaign to get American public opinion on their side. Several US lawmakers have already taken up the case but the family said that the national security implications are so serious that they plan to raise them with President Barack Obama personally.

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State coroner rules Shane Todd committed suicide

State coroner rules Shane Todd committed suicide

    By Kimberly Spykerman and Claire Huang
    POSTED: 08 Jul 2013 9:59 AM

State Coroner Chay Yuen Fatt on Monday ruled that American researcher Shane Todd committed suicide by hanging himself and found that no foul play was involved in his death.

SINGAPORE: State Coroner Chay Yuen Fatt said he was satisfied that there was no foul play involved in American researcher Shane Todd's death.

He said that Dr Todd had, beyond reasonable doubt, committed suicide by hanging himself.

He summarised his findings in a 15-minute hearing on Monday. This follows a 10-day inquiry which began in May.

The state coroner said that overwhelming evidence showed Dr Todd had entertained suicidal ideations of increasing severity leading up to his death.

Dr Todd was found hanged in his Chinatown apartment in June 2012. His parents however believe he was murdered.

The coroner noted that Dr Todd, who worked for Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME), had faced great difficulty coping with his work after transferring to a new group. He was also unhappy with certain management decisions.

These factors, probably in part or in whole, triggered a relapse of his previous history of depression, said the coroner.

Citing the testimony of psychiatrist Nelson Lee, Coroner Chay said Dr Todd did not recover from his depression.

He said: "Dr Lee's evidence, which I accepted, was that the removal of a major stressor in a patient's life would not necessarily mean that the patient would recover, let alone recover spontaneously, even if they had a loving and supportive family, because the root of depression is ultimately due to chemical imbalances. This is logically all the more so when a patient's condition is of some severity, as was in the deceased's case."

The coroner also noted that Dr Todd had possibly felt he was not recognised at work, adding that evidence is clear Dr Todd was concerned about his ability to obtain approval for his new job.

This was due to the perceived involvement in violating US security, and it was possible that Dr Todd felt his condition might impede such clearance, said the Coroner Chay.

These concerns in all likelihood caused him to feel that his deep sense of failure would follow him back to the US, the coroner added.

Coroner Chay also said that he placed greater weight on evidence given by pathologists who were put forward by the state as they had more experience and were more qualified than the family's expert witness, Dr Edward Adelstein.

The coroner said Dr Adelstein had shown himself to be an "incredible" and "unreliable" witness who gave "unsupported" evidence.

He also noted that Dr Todd was not in possession of any classified information while working at IME, and that a project which Dr Todd's parents claimed put his life in danger did not ever materialise.

This would therefore be inconsistent with the possibility of foul play in his death.

The coroner also pointed out that there was no reason to doubt the authenticity of evidence presented by the State.

He said that there was no reason for the police to lie, referring to the family's claims that the investigating officer told them there were nuts, bolts and pulleys found at the suicide scene.

Four lawyers who represented the family during the inquiry were present in court and relayed the findings to them.

They said the family would issue a media statement once they have gone through the findings.

Gloria James Civetta, the lawyer formerly representing the Todd family at the inquiry, said: "Rick is currently in Germany and Mary is in the US. Both of them have expressed that they wish to make a statement once they review the findings that we're going to be sending to them."

Coroner Chay also extended his condolences to the Todd family and said it was evident Dr Todd was from a tight-knit family and had been loved by the people in his life. He hopes the family would be able to find closure.

In a statement, the United States Embassy in Singapore said the inquiry into Dr Todd's death was "comprehensive", "fair" and "transparent".

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