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Upgrade to IE 8 to avoid new zero day vulnerability
11 Mar 2010
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.
Microsoft Black Tuesday: Microsoft Excel and Movie Maker Files Threaten Windows Users.
09 Mar 2010
The Bulletin Summary for March highlights two important security bulletins, which fix code execution vulnerabilities in both Microsoft Excel (part of the Office package) and Microsoft Movie Maker.
Don't press F1 if a website tells you to.
06 Mar 2010
Microsoft warned customers of a zero day vulnerability that affects Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003. This flaw is exploited by enticing a user to press F1 after being lured to a malicious website.
Microsoft will only release a pair of non-Critical updates for March Patch Day
06 Mar 2010
Microsoft plans to release updates for Windows and Office next Tuesday, March 9. They rate both updates as Important - their second most severe security rating.
The latest Firefox (3.6) already suffers from a mysterious zero day vulnerability
26 Feb 2010
Mozilla recently released Firefox 3.6, their supposedly their best and most security version of Firefox yet. However, Russian security researchers have already found a mysterious zero day vulnerability that affects this new release.
Adobe Download Manager vulnerability could affect any Adobe software users
26 Feb 2010
If you've downloaded programs like Adobe Reader and Flash Player, you have downloaded Adobe Download Manager too. Unforutnately, Download Manager suffers for a code execution vulnerability. Click the link to learn more.
Microsoft Black Tuesday: Thirteen security bulletins make for an unlucky February Patch Day
09 Feb 2010
Microsoft released thirteen security bulletins, fixing over 26 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office. Microsoft rates four of the bulletins as Critical, seven as Important and one as Moderate.
Hackers in China rumored to have hacked Google with IE zero day
21 Jan 2010
Last week, big news surfaced about Chinese hackers breaching Google, and many other well-known technology companies, possibly stealing source code and intellectual property. This week it has become clear that a zero day IE vulnerability was at fault.
Microsoft Black Tuesday: First Patch Day of 2010 not so black
12 Jan 2010
A Windows component called the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine suffers from an integer overflow vulnerability. To any major extent, it really only affects Windows 2000 (2K) administrators.
JUNOS DoS vulnerability can crash unpatched Juniper routers
09 Jan 2010
Juniper recently sent a security alert warning their customers about a critical DoS vulnerability that affects all versions of JUNOS, the operating system that runs on their routers.
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