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  • Microsoft patches Excel security hole

    Coming off a recordmaking Patch Tuesday in February, Microsoft announces a lighter load of bulletins and advisories targeting client operating systems, Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer. Following a heavy patch month in February, Microsoft…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Vulnerabilities • Patches • Explorer • Experts • Bulletin • Addressed

  • Microsoft plans 8 Windows, Office fixes next week

    Microsoft will ship two security updates on Tuesday to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.In its monthly advance notification, Microsoft spelled out next week's two-update Patch Tuesday, a far cry from February's massive roll-out of…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Network Security • Excel • Editions • Bugs • Bug • Attackers

  • Hackers to target Windows, PowerPoint

    Some of the bugs Microsoft patched today will be exploited by hackers almost immediately, security researchers predicted.Microsoft's massive update - a record-tying 13 separate security bulletins that patched 26 vulnerabilities - gives attackers…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Unpatched • Powerpoint • Patched • Hackers • Flaws • Exploited

  • Microsoft plans massive Windows patch next week

    The 13 updates will tie the record from October 2009, when Microsoft issued the same number of bulletins, but fixed a total of 34 vulnerabilities. Eleven of the 13 will affect one or more editions of Windows; the remaining pair will affect Office…
    05 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Operating Systems • Network Security • Dos • Affect

  • USB firms warn of security problems with 'secure' memory sticks

    The exact nature of the flaw is not described on any of the vendor bulletins, but according to an article in security publication The H, "the main point of attack for accessing the plain text data stored on the drive is the password entry mechanism.
    06 January 2010
    Tags: Hackers • Vulnerability • Password • Exploits • Flaw • Warning

  • Cisco free iPhone app grabs security feeds

    Michael Weir, manager of marketing for security, says the tool is Cisco's first iPhone app specifically for security; a few others were designed for use with Cisco's WebEx service and utilities.It's data that's valuable and actionable for you…
    20 November 2009
    Tags: Iphone • Feeds • Threats • App • Detected • Dozen

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  • Security and the rise of corporate espionage

    Even today there are some still blank stares when I suggest to an audience of C-level executives or security professionals that they should all read the front pages of the Financial Times, the Yomiuri Shimbun, etc.as well as the technology news…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Intellectual Property • Economy • Compromised • Audience • Aspects

  • Experts sceptical on Vista security

    That could actually have more of an impact in reducing the cost of testing and deploying fixes than reducing the overall number, because it would mean fewer test and deployment cycles.I think XP even had one or two months with fixes dropped [there…
    23 February 2007
    Tags: Gregg Keizer • Reducing • Fixes • Exploits • Attackers • Bar

  • Found a security hole? It could be worth $2,000.

    Where the 3Com program has come up with a tiny number of holes that it has been able to make public, iDefense claims to have had 120 this year alone (though see important qualification at the end of the article as to a difference between the…
    14 December 2005
    Tags: Vulnerability • Vulnerabilities • Criminals • Researchers • Labs • Pointed

  • Windows Server 2003 - the overhaul

    Since then a total of 58 Security Bulletins have been issued by Microsoft in respect of the OS: 36 were deemed Critical, 18 Important, 3 Moderate and 1 Low. They started fixing the holes in Windows Server 2003 before it was barely out of the…
    14 April 2005
    Tags: Security Features • Automatic • Centrally • Downloads • Blocks • Service Pack

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  • How to protect yourself from Windows 7 hacks

    It was a notable accomplishment when Windows 7 was not impacted in any way by the vulnerabilities addressed in the six Security Bulletins released by Microsoft for the November Patch Tuesday. It was a notable accomplishment when Windows 7 was not…
    13 November 2009
    Tags: Smb • Addressed • Windows Xp • Exploit • Attackers • Bulletins

  • Avoid the Evil Twin Panic

    Evil twin fever extended to news bulletins in the BBC's Today programme (see the BBC news site) on 20 January. Scared of fake WLANs? Here's how your normal security provisions keep you safe from an over-hyped menace.
    26 January 2005
    Tags: Commerce • Enabled • Hotspots • Ssl • Wpa • Hotspot

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