flaws tuesday
RSS flaws tuesdayFive critical Windows updates arrive on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
News McAfee Avert Labs director Dave Marcus said two of the flaws, in particular, relate to serious security vulnerabilities in the networking components of Window Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 that could... [09 Sep 2009]
Microsoft Office, Windows get critical flaw fixes in latest patch batch
News Microsoft on Tuesday released nine patches, five of them critical, to plug holes in Windows and other software products. The nine patches actually relate to 19 separate vulnerabilities in Windows, the .Net Framework,... [12 Aug 2009]
Oracle plugs 33 holes that affect hundreds of products
News Oracle has released fixes for 33 security flaws that affect hundreds of products across its range. Both of the flaws are remotely exploitable, do not require authentication and could allow an attacker to... [16 Jul 2009]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Microsoft has released six critical patches for August's 'Patch Tuesday', including a fix for six vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. Karthik Raman, a research scientist at McAfee, said in a statement: "This is a... [13 Aug 2008]
Microsoft to patch critical trio
News Microsoft will fix three critical security holes, and three other flaws, in tomorrow's scheduled patch release. Two other patches fix "important" flaws in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Publisher and... [09 Jul 2007]
Microsoft warns of 'critical' Windows flaw
News At the same time security experts have issued warnings on multiple zero-day flaws in Office and another one in Windows. The company's next Patch Tuesday is on 8 May, though if attacks increase a patch... [13 Apr 2007]
Office at risk from bug trio
News Raman wrote: "This is yet another time that zero-day flaws have been published around a Patch Tuesday, possibly to maximise the exposure to these flaws until the next month's Patch... [11 Apr 2007]
Microsoft in a fix over cursor patch
News The cursor vulnerability is one of seven flaws addressed by Microsoft's Tuesday patch - three of them also affect Vista. Installing Microsoft's Tuesday patch for a "critical" Windows... [05 Apr 2007]
Zero-day attack strikes Office
News Five of them were zero-day flaws, or security holes that have been publicly disclosed but not fixed. Cyber crooks have found that they can take advantage of Microsoft's security update cycle by timing new attacks right... [16 Feb 2007]
Microsoft patches 20 holes - none affecting Vista
News Most of the Patch Tuesday flaws are only potentially harmful if people with vulnerable PCs visit a malicious website or open an infected document. Microsoft has released fixes for 20 vulnerabilities in a... [14 Feb 2007]
Microsoft has security dozen in the oven
News At least five flaws are known in Office and at least one in Visual Studio. Microsoft plans to release a dozen security bulletins on Tuesday, including a "critical" one for its own anti-spyware and other... [09 Feb 2007]
Oracle plugs 51 holes
News In addition to the database fixes, Oracle's update repairs 12 flaws in Application Server, seven in E-Business Suite, six in Enterprise Manager and three in PeopleSoft. Oracle's actual Tuesday 'Critical... [17 Jan 2007]
Adobe fixes risky PDF holes
News Adobe Systems has issued updates to fix security flaws in its Reader and Acrobat software that could allow an attacker to remotely commandeer a computer. The version 7.0.9 updates issued on Tuesday are... [11 Jan 2007]
Warning over "critical" QuickTime hole
News The Month of the Apple Bugs is meant to uncover security flaws in different Apple software and other applications for Mac OS X, according to the project website. On Tuesday, LMH and Finisterre published... [03 Jan 2007]
Three dire Windows holes patched
News However, there were no fixes Tuesday for a pair of known flaws in Microsoft Word that are also being exploited in malicious software. However, it added a seventh to deliver a fix for two... [13 Dec 2006]
