Tag: patch tuesday
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Microsoft issues emergency patch
Out-of-cycle update fixes serious, wormable flaw. Microsoft has issued an emergency update to cover a serious vulnerability in the Windows Server service, breaking its usual monthly ‘Patch Tuesday’ cycle of security fixes. The flaw was considered serious enough to merit an urgent patch release, although Microsoft will only confirm having seen the usual ‘limited, targeted’…
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Four critical updates this Patch Tuesday
11 updates to be issued by Microsoft in October’s monthly patch release: 4 critical. Microsoft has prepared a total of 11 updates for the October round of its monthly patch release cycle, with four updates being rated ‘critical’. The four critical updates cover vulnerabilities in Active Directory , Internet Explorer , Microsoft HIS ( Host…
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Four critical updates in Patch Tuesday release
Monthly security update small but vital. Microsoft has released its monthly ‘Patch Tuesday’ batch of security updates, with only four items on the list but all of them marked ‘critical’. The four updates affect Microsoft Office , Windows Media Player , Media Encoder , and GDI+ , a core component of Windows . All the…
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‘Olympic’ emails contain malicious XLS attachments
Malware writers sprint to use vulnerabilities before next Patch Tuesday. Security researchers have reported seeing emails containing XLS attachments designed to exploit a yet unpatched vulnerability in several versions of Microsoft ‘s Excel software. The attachment, which purports to contain information about this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, leaves a trojan on the user’s computer.…
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Bumper Patch Tuesday short of one patch
Excel remains vulnerable as expected fix is dropped. Microsoft has issued its monthly ‘Patch Tuesday’ set of security updates, with a larger than usual crop of patches for a variety of products, including several for the Office range and Internet Explorer browser. However, one significant patch – for a vulnerability in Excel – was withdrawn…