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Quocirca's Straight Talking: A game of two halves
Comment As you patch this one master copy, all the models that require an operating system will pick up the new patched version automatically as the stack is created dynamically. But the software... [30 Jun 2008]
Microsoft's 'patch Tuesday' releases six 'critical' plasters
News This month's "Patch Tuesday" did not include a patch that had been promised in Microsoft's advance notification for February 2008. Microsoft could not be reached for comment at the time of writing to say... [14 Feb 2008]
Microsoft grappling with critical foursome
News Ironically, Microsoft has touted Vista as its most secure version of Windows to date but even last April the software giant had to issue an emergency update that fell out of its usual monthly... [08 Jun 2007]
Cisco plugs DoS hole
News Cisco Systems has released a security patch to fix vulnerabilities in a number of its products that are at risk of a denial of service (DoS) attack. In January, the networking giant warned it had found... [25 May 2007]
TNT lights fuse on tech asset management
News The company is using CA's security, asset management, patch management, software delivery and deployment software as part of the project. The logistics giant has started... [25 Apr 2007]
Holes found in Google Desktop
News The search giant has issued a patch for the problems. Google said in a statement: "A fix was developed quickly, and users are being automatically updated with the patch. Several flaws in... [22 Feb 2007]
More flaws: Bugs hit Firefox, IE
News The patch has not yet been made available to the browser's users. Mozilla typically releases updates with a number of fixes, and the next patch release could come soon, according to the site posting. The... [19 Feb 2007]
Microsoft tees up patches for Office, Windows
News The updates, part of Microsoft's regularly scheduled monthly patch cycle, come after sample attack code has surfaced for vulnerabilities in the Windows Shell component of the operating system. In addition, security... [06 Oct 2006]
Dodgy porn sites tap IE flaw
News Typically, Microsoft only breaks its patch cycle when attacks are widespread. Microsoft also has yet to provide a patch for a Word 2000 flaw being exploited in targeted cyber attacks. Microsoft plans to... [20 Sep 2006]
"Critical" Office update on the way
News Microsoft plans to release a "critical" security update for Office next week, one of three bulletins it will distribute as part of its monthly patch cycle. The other two updates are for Windows and are rated as... [08 Sep 2006]
Cyber attack targets unpatched Excel flaw
News Scott Carpenter, director of Security Labs at Secure Elements, said in a statement: "In recent similar attacks, Microsoft has not issued an out-of-cycle patch. The exploit's immediate release after... [19 Jun 2006]
Microsoft cooks up batch of patches
News People have reported trouble with three of them, forcing Microsoft to reissue one amended patch in the middle of its monthly cycle. The software giant offers advance notification about... [05 May 2006]
Q&A: Cisco CSO John Stewart
Comment A lot of people tend to talk about security as the latest security patch or the latest vulnerability that's out there. The lawsuit was retaliation for disclosing research into the security of software... [17 Feb 2006]
Veritas issues another security flaw warning
News Veritas issued on Wednesday a patch for a security flaw in its Java authentication service running on NetBackup servers and clients. He added that users, especially those who experienced a fallout several months ago from... [14 Oct 2005]
Windows worm holes plugged
News One patch, delivered in MS05-050, fixes a problem in software for streaming media in Windows, called DirectShow. The software giant said it is not aware of any attacks... [12 Oct 2005]
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