Microsoft Articles

ZoneLabs details Microsoft patch workarounds

Robert Jaques July 11, 2008

ZoneLabs has issued a preliminary advisory detailing workarounds for ZoneAlarm users who have been locked out of their internet connections by Microsoft's latest round of bug fixes.
 

Attackers target zero-day Microsoft Word bug

Dan Kaplan July 09, 2008

Microsoft is warning about a zero-day vulnerability in Word that is being leveraged to conduct targeted attacks.
 

Multiple vendors cooperate to issue DNS design flaw fix

Dan Kaplan July 08, 2008

A DNS design flaw, which could have allowed remote attackers to silently hijack web sessions, prompted Tuesday's release of an unprecedented multivendor patch.
 

Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes nine vulnerabilities

Chuck Miller July 08, 2008

In its Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft addressed nine vulnerabilities by releasing four security updates, none of which were deemed critical.
 

Mozilla set to develop risk model for software development

Dan Kaplan July 07, 2008

Mozilla and an independent security consultant have joined forces to build a risk model -- and Firefox users are not the only ones who could benefit.
 

Microsoft IE8 to have more defenses

Sue Marquette Poremba July 07, 2008

For the upcoming version of Internet Explorer 8.0 (IE8), Microsoft has hinted at a number of security improvements.
 

Microsoft investigates ActiveX public exploits

Dan Kaplan July 07, 2008

Attacks are actively targeting a zero-day vulnerability in an ActiveX control for Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access.
 

Microsoft readies four patches for July update

Dan Kaplan July 03, 2008

Four Microsoft security patches - none for "critical" vulnerabilities - are due out next week.
 

Microsoft presses deeper into security space

Richard Thurston June 30, 2008

Microsoft is spearheading its second global security initiative in a week by setting up a scheme to try to tackle multi-vendor security threats.
 

MIcrosoft investigating IE6 vulnerability claim

Dan Kaplan June 27, 2008

A Chinese research team has discovered a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 that is being actively exploited to possibly steal credentials and hijack browser sessions.