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First critical Windows 7 patches released
News Microsoft has released the first critical update for Windows 7 on Patch Tuesday, featuring two patches for Internet Explorer, and .Net Framework and Silverlight. The Windows 7 update is part of a record Patch Tuesday,... [14 Oct 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News Microsoft released an emergency patch on Tuesday to protect Internet Explorer users from a hole in technology used to build ActiveX controls and other web application components that has been targeted in attacks. [29 Jul 2009]
Microsoft: Security patches are beating malware in race to users
News The news comes after Microsoft announced on Friday it will be releasing security updates on Tuesday - outside of its monthly patch cycle - for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer and a moderate vulnerability in... [28 Jul 2009]
Microsoft to patch critical IE hole
News The vulnerabilities affect Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 and Visual C++ 2005... [27 Jul 2009]
Microsoft DirectX gets fix in Patch Tuesday
News Earlier this week, Microsoft warned of attacks being launched that exploit a hole in the Video ActiveX Control when used in Internet Explorer for recording and playing video in DirectShow. The critical... [10 Jul 2009]
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday unleashes record number of updates
News Microsoft has released 10 security updates fixing a record number of Patch Tuesday holes, including one for a critical hole in Internet Explorer 8 that was exploited as part of a hacking contest at CanSecWest conference... [10 Jun 2009]
Windows, IE, Word, Office, and Excel all getting patched
News Microsoft will release 10 security updates on Patch Tuesday next week, including critical patches for holes in Windows, Internet Explorer, Word, Office and Excel. Meanwhile, the six critical... [05 Jun 2009]
Microsoft plugs Windows, Word and Excel holes
News Another patch fixes four critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted web page or if a user connects to an attacker's server... [15 Apr 2009]
Adobe patches hole after exploits found in the wild
News Meanwhile, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-Cert) said on Tuesday it is aware of public reports of two new attack vectors for the vulnerability involving the Windows Indexing Service that indexes PDF files and the Windows... [11 Mar 2009]
Microsoft patches critical Exchange, IE holes
News Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates that fix four critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected computer remotely. [11 Feb 2009]
SQL Server vulnerability warning from Microsoft
News The advisory comes less than a week after Microsoft released a critical security patch to plug vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer amid malicious attackers taking advantage of the security flaws.... [23 Dec 2008]
Microsoft patches critical IE flaw
News Microsoft released a critical security patch on Wednesday to plug vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, a move that comes amid malicious attackers taking advantage of the security flaws. The... [18 Dec 2008]
Warning: IE 7 at risk from malicious exploit
News Microsoft issued a critical security warning Tuesday that a malicious exploit is making the rounds and attacking vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 7. The risk is believed to be widespread, given that... [17 Dec 2008]
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. Affected versions of the web browser include Internet... [13 Aug 2008]
Watch out business - Vista's after you
News As for application compatibility, the move from Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 7 was more traumatic than the Windows upgrade, said Norton. Compared with Windows XP, Vista has had fewer... [05 Jun 2008]
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