Microsoft Releases Update for EMET

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability in Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) versions prior to 5.5. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to bypass or disable EMET to take control of an affected system. US-CERT recommends users and administrators visit the Microsoft Security TechCenter and upgrade to EMET version 5.5.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/jj653751
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/02/using_emet_to_disabl.html
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2016/02/23/Microsoft-Releases-Update-EMET

If you use Windows, you should probably check out EMET:

https://twitter.com/MattT_Cyber/status/694920707474530304

As Wikipedia describes: Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is a freeware security toolkit for Microsoft Windows . It provides a unified interface to enable and fine-tune Windows security features. It can be used as an extra layer of defence against malware attacks, after the firewall and before antivirus software.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2016/02/02/enhanced-mitigation-experience-toolkit-emet-version-5-5-is-now-available.aspx
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50766&WT.mc_id=rss_windows_allproducts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Mitigation_Experience_Toolkit