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Apple patches up Safari
News According to IBRS analyst Turner, the Windows flaw was unlikely to have affected many users and even fewer organisations; given that few - if any - are likely to have deployed Safari as a standard browser. [18 Apr 2008]
Apple's Tiger and Leopard get patched up
News Apple updated QuickTime last week in order to fix an important flaw in that program. As part of the patches, Apple also shipped a patch for Windows users of Safari that was addressed for Mac users as part of the larger series of patches. [18 Dec 2007]
Microsoft to patch critical trio
News The sixth patch is for a "moderate" Windows Vista flaw. The critical holes, all of which could allow a hacker to execute code remotely on a target system, affect Window 2000 SP4, Excel 2000, and the .NET Framework, which most Windows users will... [09 Jul 2007]
Microsoft patches 'the class of 2007'
News Last month's Microsoft patches included a fix for a zero-day flaw in Windows that also affected Vista. This includes an expected patch for a flaw in the Windows domain name system, or DNS. The Word flaw had also been used in cyber attacks, it said. [09 May 2007]
Microsoft primes DNS fix for Patch Tuesday
News Microsoft is planning to release seven security bulletins on Tuesday, including a fix for a zero-day flaw in Windows that is already being used in cyber attacks. The bulletins, part of Microsoft's monthly patch cycle, are slated to provide fixes... [04 May 2007]
Apple fixes 'hack-a-Mac hole'
News Apple has released a QuickTime update to fix a security flaw that was used to breach a MacBook Pro at a recent security conference. Security monitoring company Secunia deems the flaw "highly critical", one notch below its most serious rating. [02 May 2007]
Microsoft warns of 'critical' Windows flaw
News Cyber crooks are using a yet-to-be-patched security flaw in certain Windows versions to attack computers running the operating systems, Microsoft has warned. Windows XP and Windows Vista are not impacted by the DNS flaw. [13 Apr 2007]
Office at risk from bug trio
News Karthik Raman, a McAfee researcher wrote on the blog: "There is one heap-overflow flaw that might be exploited for code execution. Microsoft did not deliver any patches for Office on Tuesday, despite two vulnerabilities in the software that have... [11 Apr 2007]
Microsoft patches hasty patch
News Microsoft is set to today push out a fix to repair problems caused by last week's emergency cursor flaw patch. Microsoft broke with its monthly patch cycle to repair a bug in the way Windows handles animated cursors. [10 Apr 2007]
Microsoft in a fix over cursor patch
News Microsoft consciously released the cursor flaw patch despite the compatibility problem, Mike Reavey, a Microsoft Security Response Center staffer, wrote on a corporate blog. Installing Microsoft's Tuesday patch for a "critical" Windows... [05 Apr 2007]
Microsoft to rush out cursor flaw fix
News Microsoft said it is planning to make available this week a patch for a Windows flaw that has already been used in an attack. Microsoft issued an advisory on the animated cursor flaw on Thursday and by Friday malicious code that took advantage of... [02 Apr 2007]
Windows at risk from fancy cursors
News The exposure to attacks that exploit the flaw is mitigated on Vista machines with Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft noted. A new security vulnerability puts Windows users at risk of serious cyber attacks, Microsoft has warned. [30 Mar 2007]
Apple plugs yet more QuickTimes holes
News In January, the Mac maker put out a fix for a zero-day flaw that was released as part of the "Month of the Apple Bugs" project. The vulnerabilities expose both Macs and Windows PCs to cyber attack, Apple said in a security alert. [06 Mar 2007]
Security warning over tech support tools
News The problem is "high" risk but is mitigated somewhat, because triggering the flaw would require some action on the part of the user, Symantec noted. Multiple flaws in commonly used technical support tools can open Windows PCs to cyber attack... [27 Feb 2007]
Microsoft probing holes in Vista, IE 7
News The IE flaw could only be exploited if an attacker were to lure a victim to a malicious website and then persuade the user to enter the address of a trusted site into the address bar. Microsoft is investigating two recently disclosed security... [27 Feb 2007]
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