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Microsoft Black Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes Google researcher's zero day
Tuesday 13th July 2010 8:11PM
Today, Microsoft released four security bulletins for July's Patch Day, fixing two flaws in Windows, and two in Office. Three of the four bulletins are Critical. However, even the Important bulletin fixes an Outlook flaw that poses a significant risk.

July's Patch Day Brings Four Patches to Windows and Office
Friday 9th July 2010 1:27AM
As regular as Swiss clockwork, Microsoft Patch Day has crept upon us yet again. Read on to learn what combination of Microsoft patches to expect next Tuesday, July 13.

iTunes 9.2 fixes a cartload of Webkit vulnerabilities
Friday 18th June 2010 12:35AM
Apple's released iTunes 9.2 yesterday to fix 38 security vulnerabilities. If you use iTunes, click through to learn why you should upgrade.

Google researcher discloses zero day Microsoft Windows Help Center flaw irresponsibly
Saturday 12th June 2010 12:10AM
An Information Security Engineer at Google, disclosed a complicated, yet serious security vulnerability in Windows' Help Center to the Full-Disclosure mailing list.

Apple Safari exposes a jungle of security flaws to Windows and Mac users
Thursday 10th June 2010 9:41PM
A few days ago, Apple released Safari 5.0 and 4.1 to fix almost 50 security vulnerabilities in their web browser. The flaws affect both the Mac and Windows Version of Safari.

Microsoft Black Tuesday: Ten bulletins fix Windows, Office, IE, and IIS vulnerabilities
Tuesday 8th June 2010 8:15PM
Microsoft's ten security bulletins contain fixes for 34 vulnerabilities in Windows (and its components), Office, Internet Explorer (IE), and Internet Information Service (IIS). Microsoft rates two of the Windows bulletins, and the IE bulletin, as Critical

Ten MS Security Bulletins for Tomorrow's June Patch Day
Monday 7th June 2010 9:00PM
Tomorrow, Microsoft plans to publish their montly security bulletins for June, 2010. Click above to get a quick preview of what to expect.

Windows 7 image handling component flaw causes BSOD or worse
Friday 21st May 2010 2:20AM
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 suffer from an image handling vulnerability that could allow hackers to cause your PC to have a BSOD, or even gain complete control of it. Read on for more.

Microsoft Black Tuesday: Microsoft patches Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and VBA
Tuesday 11th May 2010 9:50PM
Microsoft's Black Tuesday security bulletins are hot of the press. The bulletins fix two critical flaws - an Outlook Express and Windows Mail integer overflow vulnerability and a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code execution vulnerability.

Slow burn P2P worm could still eventually go big
Saturday 8th May 2010 4:18PM
A new P2P worm seems to be spreading quickly in some areas of the world. Corey tells you why he considers this "worm" a bot client, and why the multiple spreading techniques employed by today's blended threats yeild slow, but steady results.

Two Critical Microsoft Updates for April
Saturday 8th May 2010 3:29PM
Microsoft plans to release Critical updates for Windows and Office next Tuesday -- a pretty light Black Tuesday compared to other. Click the link for more details

Microsoft's Window 2000 Media Services update doesn't really fix the security flaw
Monday 26th April 2010 11:59PM
Last Week, the Microsoft Security Response Center released a blog post warning that they had pulled the MS10-25 security update because essentially, it didn't work.

Microsoft Black Tuesday: Eleven bulletins correct flaws in Windows, Office, and Exchange
Tuesday 13th April 2010 9:57PM
Right on schedule, Microsoft has posted today's Patch Day updates. As expected, they released eleven security bulletins that fix a total of 25 security vulnerabilities in Windows, some Office products, and Exchange Server. They rate five of the Windows fl

April's Microsoft Patch Day clocks in at eleven bulletins
Saturday 10th April 2010 12:41AM
Next Tuesday's Microsoft Patch Day will bring eleven Microsoft security bulletins and at least one Adobe Reader and Acrobat one. Five of Microsoft's bulletins are rated as Critical. Read on to learn more.

Upgrade to IE 8 to avoid new zero day vulnerability
Thursday 11th March 2010 12:55AM
According to a Microsoft security advisory, IE 6 and 7 suffer from an invalid pointer reference vulnerability, which is a memory-related flaw that attackers can leverage to inject and execute code on a victim computer.