An excellent post from the Internet Storm Center about a criminal group using the Fiesta exploit kit (EK) to infect Windows computers. Source: Internet Storm Center – SANS Internet Storm Center
MS Update 3033929 Causing Reboot Loop
One of the operating system updates Microsoft released on Tuesday of this week — KB3033929 — is causing a reboot loop for a fair number of Windows 7 users, according to postings on multiple help forums. The update in question does not appear to address a pressing security vulnerability, so users who have not yet installed it should probably delay doing so until Microsoft straightens things out. Various tech help forums ares starting to fill up with requests from Windows 7 users who are experiencing a reboot loop after applying the glitchy patch , which is a “code signing” update that improves the ability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems to validate the integrity and authenticity of programs running on top of the operating system.
Microsoft Pushes Patches for Dozens of Flaws
Microsoft today released nine update bundles to plug at least 55 distinct security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and other software.