Tag: patch
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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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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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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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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…
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MS to release out-of-band patch for critical IE vulnerability
Users advised to patch ASAP. Microsoft is set to release an emergency out-of-band patch for the vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser reported last week. Attacks via the vulnerability have been shown to work on a wide range of Windows and IE variants, and have been widely seeded to both malicious websites and legitimate sites…
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IE zero-day danger growing
Large numbers of users vulnerable to unpatched problem. The as-yet unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft ‘s Internet Explorer browser, reported last week and coinciding with the release of the monthly ‘Patch Tuesday’ security updates, is becoming more serious by the day as more and more infected websites appear to be attempting to exploit the flaw to…
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FTC goes after scareware scammers
Courts crack down on pushers of rogue anti-malware. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a successful move to persuade a US district court to shut down a major player in the rogue anti-spyware business. The company behind the notorious WinFixer and XP Antivirus scams has been issued with a temporary restraining order barring…
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Patch Tuesday released closely followed by emergency update
Bumper crop of patches plus further fix leave known holes open. This month’s ‘Patch Tuesday’ security bulletin from Microsoft contained eight separate updates, two more than previously announced, covering a total of 28 vulnerabilities. Six of the updates were labelled ‘critical’, although some sources rate all equally high and find the flaws covered susceptible to…
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Worm targets MS08-067 vulnerability
Exploit attack patches flaw once system penetrated. A worm has been seen taking advantage of the vulnerability in Microsoft ‘s Windows Server Service , patched out-of-cycle last month in the MS08-067 announcement. The worm takes advantage of machines yet to be patched by tardy administrators, and once it is installed it proceeds to patch the…