{"id":3043,"date":"2011-03-03T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T11:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2011-03-03T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T11:01:13","slug":"microsoft-attack-surface-analyzer-test-software-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2011\/03\/microsoft-attack-surface-analyzer-test-software-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Attack Surface Analyzer &#8211; Test Software Vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attack Surface Analyzer is developed by the Security Engineering group, building on the work of our Security Science team. It is the same tool used by Microsoft&#8217;s internal product groups to catalogue changes made to operating system attack surface by the installation of new software.<\/p>\n<p>Attack Surface Analyzer takes a snapshot of your system state before and after the installation of product(s) and displays the changes to a number of key elements of the Windows attack surface.<\/p>\n<p>This allows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developers to view changes in the attack surface resulting from the introduction of their code on to the Windows platform<\/li>\n<li>IT Professionals to assess the aggregate Attack Surface change by the installation of an organization&#8217;s line of business applications<\/li>\n<li>IT Security Auditors evaluate the risk of a particular piece of software installed on the Windows platform during threat risk reviews<\/li>\n<li>IT Security Incident Responders to gain a better understanding of the state of a systems security during investigations (if a baseline scan was taken of the system during the deployment phase)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>System Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Supported Operating Systems:<\/em> <\/strong>Windows 7;Windows Server 2008;Windows Vista<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Collection of Attack Surface data:<\/em><\/strong> Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R1 or Windows Server 2008 R2<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Analysis of Attack Surface data and report generation:<\/em><\/strong> Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft .Net 3.5 SP1<\/p>\n<p>You can download Attack Surface Analyzer here:<\/p>\n<p><strong>64-bit<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/info.aspx?na=46&#038;SrcFamilyId=E068C224-9D6D-4BF4-AAB8-F7352A5E7D45&#038;SrcDisplayLang=en&#038;u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f1%2f4%2fF%2f14FE12D0-7D89-45DE-BD98-EF497D66BE5D%2fAttack_Surface_Analyzer_BETA_x64.msi\">Attack_Surface_Analyzer_BETA_x64.msi<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>32-bit<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/info.aspx?na=46&#038;SrcFamilyId=E068C224-9D6D-4BF4-AAB8-F7352A5E7D45&#038;SrcDisplayLang=en&#038;u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f1%2f4%2fF%2f14FE12D0-7D89-45DE-BD98-EF497D66BE5D%2fAttack_Surface_Analyzer_BETA_x86.msi\">Attack_Surface_Analyzer_BETA_x86.msi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/en\/details.aspx?FamilyID=e068c224-9d6d-4bf4-aab8-f7352a5e7d45&#038;displaylang=en\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attack Surface Analyzer is developed by the Security Engineering group, building on the work of our Security Science team. 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