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Fibre connections damaged in Bukit Panjang Exchange fire fully restored

Fibre connections damaged in Bukit Panjang Exchange fire fully restored

    POSTED: 18 Oct 2013 13:17

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore said restoration work on the fibre connections damaged in the Bukit Panjang Exchange fire on October 9 has been completed.

SINGAPORE: The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said restoration work on the fibre connections damaged in the Bukit Panjang Exchange fire on October 9 has been completed.

It is now assessing if service providers have taken all necessary action to restore the affected services as quickly as possible.

IDA is also assessing if current processes are effective in bringing about speedy service recovery.

In a statement issued on Friday afternoon, IDA said a separate review on the systemic resiliency of the fixed infocomm infrastructure is also underway.

"The public will be informed about the results of the investigations once they are completed," IDA said in the statement.

OpenNet and StarHub also issued their own statements on the completion of restoration work.

In its statement, OpenNet said if any new issues should arise, it will deal with them on "an urgent case-to-case basis".

StarHub, in its statement, said it will "continue to monitor the situation closely with OpenNet and SingTel to ensure their service to us remains stable."

As for M1, its spokesman said a small number of their fibre customers are still facing issues.

"We are making house calls to all these customers and working with OpenNet to help restore their connections," said the spokesman.

- CNA/fa

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October 2013

Published: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 | Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013

Version: 1.1

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for October 2013.
With the release of the security bulletins for October 2013, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued October 3, 2013. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.
For information about how to receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft security bulletins are issued, visit Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.
Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on October 9, 2013, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the October Security Bulletin Webcast.
Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.

Bulletin Information

Executive Summaries

The following table summarizes the security bulletins for this month in order of severity.
For details on affected software, see the next section, Affected Software.

Bulletin ID	Bulletin Title and Executive Summary	Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact	Restart Requirement	Affected Software
MS13-080	Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2879017) This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and eight privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer
MS13-081	Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2870008) This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views shared content that embeds OpenType or TrueType font files. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system.	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS13-082	Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2878890) This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user visits a website containing a specially crafted OpenType font (OTF) file using a browser capable of instantiating XBAP applications.	Critical Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Framework
MS13-083	Vulnerability in Windows Common Control Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2864058) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends a specially crafted web request to an ASP.NET web application running on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability without authentication to run arbitrary code.	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS13-084	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2885089) This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office server software. The most severe vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file in an affected version of Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office Services, or Web Apps.	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office, Microsoft Server Software
MS13-085	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2885080) This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file with an affected version of Microsoft Excel or other affected Microsoft Office software. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office
MS13-086	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2885084) This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted file is opened in an affected version of Microsoft Word or other affected Microsoft Office software. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office
MS13-087	Vulnerability in Silverlight Could Allow Information Disclosure (2890788) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker hosts a website that contains a specially crafted Silverlight application that could exploit this vulnerability and then convinces a user to view the website. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements. Such websites could contain specially crafted content that could exploit this vulnerability. In all cases, however, an attacker would have no way to force users to visit a website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to visit a website, typically by getting them to click a link in an email message or in an Instant Messenger message that takes them to the attacker's website. It could also be possible to display specially crafted web content by using banner advertisements or by using other methods to deliver web content to affected systems.	Important Information Disclosure	Does not require restart	Microsoft Silverlight

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Exploitability Index

Affected Software

Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance

Other Information

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

For the bulletin release that occurs on the second Tuesday of each month, Microsoft has released an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center. No updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is available for out-of-band security bulletin releases.

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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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Acknowledgments

Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to help protect customers:
MS13-080

• Aniway.Anyway@gmail.com, working with HP's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3872)
• Jose A. Vazquez of Yenteasy - Security Research, working with HP's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3873)
• Amol Naik, working with HP's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3874)
• Jose A. Vazquez of Yenteasy - Security Research, working with VeriSign iDefense Labs, for reporting the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3875)
• Ivan Fratric of the Google Security Team for reporting the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3882)
• Jose A. Vazquez of Yenteasy - Security Research for reporting the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3882)
• Jose A. Vazquez of Yenteasy - Security Research for reporting the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3885)
• Jose A. Vazquez of Yenteasy - Security Research, working with VeriSign iDefense Labs, for reporting the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3886)
• Yoshihiro Ishikawa of LAC Co. for working with us on the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3893)
• Hoodie22, working with the National Cyber Security Centre of the Netherlands, for working with us on the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3897)
• Daniel Chechik of the Trustwave SpiderLabs Team for working with us on the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3897)
• Renato Ettisberger of IOprotect GmbH for working with us on the Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3897)

MS13-081

• An anonymous researcher, working with HP's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting the OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3128)
• Andy Davis of NCC Group for reporting the Windows USB Descriptor Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3200)
• Lucas Bouillot of ANSSI for reporting the Windows USB Descriptor Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3200)
• Seth Gibson and Dan Zentner of Endgame for reporting the Win32k NULL Page Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3881)
• ZombiE, working with HP's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting the TrueType Font CMAP Table Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3895)

MS13-082

• An anonymous researcher, working with HP's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting the OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3128)
• James Forshaw of Context Information Security for reporting the Entity Expansion Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3860)

MS13-083

• 孙晓山 for reporting the Comctl32 Integer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3195)

MS13-084

• Mateusz Jurczyk, Ivan Fratric, and Ben Hawkes of the Google Security Team for reporting the Microsoft Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3889)
• Nutan kumar panda for reporting the Parameter Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3895)

MS13-085

• Mateusz Jurczyk, Ivan Fratric, and Ben Hawkes of the Google Security Team for reporting the Microsoft Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3889)
• Mateusz Jurczyk, Ivan Fratric, and Ben Hawkes of the Google Security Team for reporting the Microsoft Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3890)

MS13-086

• Yuhong Bao for reporting the Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3891)
• Mateusz Jurczyk, Ivan Fratric, and Ben Hawkes of the Google Security Team for reporting the Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3892)

MS13-087

• Vitaliy Toropov for reporting the Silverlight Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3896)

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Support

• The affected software listed has 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 Solution and Security 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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Revisions

• V1.0 (October 8, 2013): Bulletin Summary published.
• V1.1 (October 10, 2013): For MS13-080, removed Exploitability Assessment in the Exploitability Index for CVE-2013-3871. Including this CVE in the original Exploitability Index was a documentation error. CVE-2013-3871 is scheduled to be addressed in a future security update. This is an informational change only. For MS13-082, revised bulletin to indicate that Server Core installations of Windows Server 2012 are affected by the vulnerability addressed in the 2861194 update. There were no changes to the detection logic or the security update files. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems do not need to take any action.

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Prosecution attacks Tey’s claims of threats, questions if he was mentally fragile

Prosecution attacks Tey’s claims of threats, questions if he was mentally fragile

    By Neo Chai Chin
    POSTED: 18 Oct 2013 07:33

Even when he claimed to be in a fragile state of mind, former law professor Tey Tsun Hang remained “quite competent” in managing matters related to his corruption case, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy.

SINGAPORE: Even when he claimed to be in a fragile state of mind, former law professor Tey Tsun Hang remained “quite competent” in managing matters related to his corruption case.

He also knew that what he had alleged were threats by graft cops to arrest his wife were “hollow”.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy made these points on Thursday as he sought to puncture Tey’s arguments in appealing against his sentence and conviction for corruptly receiving gifts and sex from a former student, Ms Darinne Ko, three years ago.

When Tey, 42, was in hospital in April 2012, he was able to recall entries he had made in a chequebook indicating that he had reimbursed Ms Ko, said DPP Jumabhoy. This disproved Tey’s claim that he was not clear-headed then, because he could tell that these records could vindicate him, the prosecutor said.

Tey’s lawyer Peter Low had kickstarted the appeal on Wednesday by arguing that the trial judge had erred in admitting in evidence his client’s statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).

Besides being in a fragile state of mind then, there were over 200 instances where he was coerced into confessing — although the court accepted fewer than 10 of these — the lawyer had argued.

Refuting Tey’s claim of being pressured into admitting to the offences yesterday, DPP Jumabhoy questioned why he did not grill the CPIB officers on these allegations of poor treatment when they took the stand during his trial.

This could only be taken by the court to mean that the alleged actions did not happen, or were not part of his case, he added.

Addressing the purported threats he received from the officers — that they would arrest his wife when she returned from overseas — DPP Jumabhoy said that Tey must have known that the authorities could not arrest his wife without good reason.

Tey’s lawyer had earlier said that he lacked experience in litigation and cross-examining witnesses, despite having been a lawyer and district judge.

Tey did not challenge CPIB senior special investigator Wilson Khoo’s evidence that no one had compelled him to give a statement on April 10, 2012, when he was deemed medically unfit to do so, for example.

Mr Low added that no evidence was adduced during the trial as to Tey’s experience as a district judge and lawyer.

Justice Woo Bih Li, who heard the case on Thursday, also painted several scenarios to ask DPP Jumabhoy which amounted to corruption: If Ms Ko was being used by Tey, did it constitute corruption? What if he had received gifts and sex from her out of greed and/or lust? Did whether or not he truly loved her or reimbursed her matter?

Could it merely be said that he was exploiting Ms Ko, the judge asked.

DPP Jumabhoy replied that the difference between exploitation and corruption depends on one’s state of mind, and the court has to determine this through available evidence. In this case, this was the confessions in Tey’s statements.

This is not a corruption case with a “smoking gun”, he added.

The appeal, for which Tey was absent a second straight day, continues on Friday.

-TODAY/ac

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