Re: Adobe Flash

["Tevlin, Dave" <dtevlin () VISI ORG>]

Deploy Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) along side
Flash and Java deployments where there is a need for Flash or Java. If you
are a VMware shop you can't get away from Flash as it is part of vSphere
administration.

EMET is one of only three tools that I know of that block the attack
methods instead of relying on heuristic or signature based detection which
always require someone else to find it first.

One of the last Flash 0 day attacks used a Heap-Spay method for the attack,
which EMET is built to counter. I have no information if it would have
worked on this specific attack through.

EMET is free, and controllable through GPO. It is Windows only though.

The list of tools in the market that work on mitigating the method of
attack, that I know of are:
Microsoft EMET (Free)
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/jj653751

Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit ($)
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antiexploit/premium/

Palo Alto Traps Endpoint Security ($$$)
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/endpoint-security.html

Dave Tevlin, MS
Network/ Systems Administrator
Georgetown Visitation Prep School
dtevlin () visi org


On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Kevin Reedy <KReedy () excelsior edu> wrote:

> Flash is a tough one for us, since most of our online offerings utilize it
> we can't simply disable it.  I am keeping an eye on all the Cryptolocker
> type IDS alerts, as well as 'emergency' patching as soon as is reasonable
> after the fix is released.
>
> I am putting quite a bit of faith in our URL classification subscription as
> well as the Palo Alto 'wild fire' detections, but obviously if the content
> is on a compromised but otherwise good page it will be a problem.
>
> Long term solution is to move away from Flash in our offerings, and while
> we had already been doing that, this will hasten the timeline.
>
> -Kevin
>
> Kevin Reedy
> Executive Director, Information Security
> Excelsior College
> (518) 464-8720
>
>
>
> From:   Chris Green <CGreen () UTTYLER EDU>
> To:     SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU,
> Date:   07/22/2015 12:17 PM
> Subject:        [SECURITY] Adobe Flash
> Sent by:        The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
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>
> All,
>
> I just wanted to reach out and see if anyone might be willing to share if
> and what has been done at your respective institutions in response to the
> multiple zero day vulnerabilities that have been exposed within Adobe
> Flash.
>
> Thank you for your feedback!
>
> -C.
>
> Chris Green
> Information Security Officer
> University of Texas at Tyler
> cgreen () uttyler edu
>
>
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