Tag: microsoft
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Security fixes from Apple and Microsoft
100 security fixes in latest OS X update; three MS security updates in this month’s patch release. The latest release of Mac operating system OS X ( Mac OS X v10.6.5 ) contains over 100 security updates, including fixes for vulnerabilities in Apache , the Flash Player plug-in, Image Capture and MySQL . A range…
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Microsoft’s machines hijacked by spammers
Servers also used for DoS attack on security journalist’s site. More than a thousand websites pushing spamvertised pharmaceuticals have been found to be using name servers on hacked machines in Microsoft ‘s IP space. Spammers and malware writers have a habit of hiding as well as they can and operating using hacked computers is a…
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Giant patch release from Microsoft, Oracle
Record Patch Tuesday combines with swathe of extra fixes for corporates. It’s a busy week for corporate admins as Microsoft ‘s monthly Patch Tuesday security bulletin, containing a bumper 16 separate alerts covering nearly 50 separate vulnerabilities in the company’s software range, emerged the same day as a similarly sizeable raft of fixes from Oracle…
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Microsoft releases new fix for DLL vulnerability
Earlier workaround believed to be too complex for most users. A week after Microsoft released a fix for a DLL vulnerability that affected a large number of programs running on its operating systems, it has released a second fix for the same problem. DLLs (Dynamic Link Libraries), which contain commonly used functions, are essential to…
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AV-Test.org issues latest round of testing results
Symantec and Microsoft outdo Trend and McAfee in live tests. Independent testing organisation AV-Test.org has released its latest round of test results in a simplified format, providing at-a-glance details of performance in a series of tests aimed at mimicking real-world situations. Testing covered a wide range of criteria, all run in a fully connected and…
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Extra-large crop of updates for Patch Tuesday
Fourteen security alerts from Microsoft join two from Adobe. Microsoft ‘s monthly Patch Tuesday security bulletins came out this week, featuring a chunky 14 separate alerts with many covering multiple issues. Eight of the new alerts were rated ‘Critical’, with the remaining six marked as ‘Important’. In addition to Microsoft ‘s updates, Adobe also released…
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Patches come thick and fast in major update spree
Monthly and out-of-band issues flood admins’ to-do lists. The release of this month’s Patch Tuesday security bulletins from Microsoft , with a fairly average 10 alerts covering 34 separate vulnerabilities, is accompanied by a number of additional fixes and updates which will keep security admins busy this week. Adobe has announced plans to provide an…
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Patch Tuesday release includes 13 bulletins
26 vulnerabilities featured in sizeable update set. After a relatively quiet January, administrators are faced with a hefty workload this week as Microsoft ‘s monthly Patch Tuesday security release featured 13 updates covering 26 separate issues with Windows and other Microsoft software. In five bulletins labelled ‘Critical’, remote code execution problems with TCP/IP, SMB clients,…
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IE zero-day bug fixed in Patch Tuesday updates
Serious browser bug main feature of monthly alerts, Adobe Flash issue also patched. Microsoft has released the December Patch Tuesday security bulletin, with a total of six alerts. The most significant issue covered is a serious vulnerability in the Internet Explorer browser software. Three of the six bulletins were marked as ‘Critical’, with vulnerabilities in…