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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.

Apple addresses "carpet bomb" Safari for Windows threat

Dan Kaplan June 20, 2008

Despite initially maintaining that the Safari for Windows "carpet bomb" issue was not a security vulnerability, Apple has decided to release a patch.

Microsoft pushes out fix for deployment issue

Dan Kaplan June 17, 2008

A glitch that prevented some Microsoft customers from deploying their June security updates has been corrected.

Microsoft advises admins on June patch problem

Dan Kaplan June 16, 2008

Engineers at Microsoft are working on a fix for a glitch in patching software that is preventing the deployment of the June security updates.

Microsoft releases seven patches, three critical

Jim Carr June 10, 2008

In what one security researcher called a broad-based set of releases, Microsoft on Tuesday unleashed seven patches, three for critical vulnerabilities, in its June Patch Tuesday round of bug fixes.

Proof-of-concept revealed for Safari for Windows bug

Dan Kaplan June 09, 2008

A security researcher has published proof-of-concept code for the blended Internet Explorer-Safari for Windows threat.

Microsoft to patch seven vulnerabilities -- three critical

Jim Carr June 06, 2008

Microsoft said on Thursday it plans to release seven patches -- three of them rated "critical" -- in the June Patch Tuesday round of bug fixes next week.

Microsoft warns over Safari "carpet bomb" attack

Dan Kaplan June 02, 2008

Microsoft is warning Windows XP and Vista users who have installed Safari on their machines that a blended attack could result in malicious code being installed.

Blame XP SP3 problems on Microsoft, Symantec says

Jim Carr May 23, 2008

Security researchers at Symantec have placed the blame for a variety of problems users are experiencing with Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3 squarely on Microsoft.

Microsoft investigates new Internet Explorer zero-day

Dan Kaplan May 16, 2008

A security researcher said he has located a zero-day vulnerability in a printing feature on Internet Explorer that could allow remote attackers to execute malicious code.

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