Microsoft today has released seven security related bulletins that fix issues in the Windows operating system and in Microsoft’s Developer Tools. One bulletin has received the maximum severity rating of critical, the highest available rating, while the remaining six bulletins have all received a rating of important, the third highest rating. It is interesting to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Microsoft .Net Framework Security Update Released
Microsoft has released an out-of-band security update for the Windows operating system that fixes a number of security vulnerabilities in the Microsoft .NET Framework. The vulnerability affects all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows that receive security updates, and the following versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework: Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.5 Service Pack [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 9
Microsoft Releases Security Patches for December 2011
Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday brought 13 security bulletins fixing a total of 19 different vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft products. The majority of security patches have been released for Microsoft’s Windows operating system and Microsoft Office, with a cumulative security update released for Internet Explorer as well. The updates are already available on Windows Update and via the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Microsoft Patch Day November 2011 Overview
Today Microsoft has released security updates exclusively for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Of the four bulletins released today, one has received the maximum severity rating of critical while the other three have received one of important. Maximum severity means that at least one Microsoft operating system has received the critical vulnerability rating. In this case, [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 4
Microsoft Patch Day October 2011 Overview
Microsoft releases Windows updates on the second Tuesday of the month. A total of eight different security bulletins have been released today by Microsoft. They update the operating system Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products such as the .NET Framework, Microsoft Silverlight and Internet Explorer. Two of the eight bulletins have been given the highest [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 5
Microsoft, Adobe Ready Security Updates
It is the second Tuesday of the month again and this means security patch day at Microsoft and Adobe. Adobe has just released a security bulletin for Adobe Reader and Acrobat that fix several critical vulnerabilities in versions of the pdf software. Vulnerabilities affect Adobe Reader X and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 4
Adobe Security Updates August 2011
Adobe has synced their security release schedule with that of Microsoft. It is therefor not surprising that the company announced yesterday the availability of security updates for several of their products. Security updates were released for Adobe Shockwave Player, Flash Media Server, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Photoshop CS5 and RoboHelp. All security issues have received [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 6
Microsoft Patch Day August 2011 Overview
Microsoft yesterday evening released this month’s security patches for their software products. The 13 security bulletins fix security related issues in Microsoft products such as the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, the .Net Framework and Internet Explorer. Two of the security bulletins have received a critical severity rating, the highest possible rating while nine have [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 2
Microsoft Security Patches for July 2011
It is the second Tuesday of the month which means it is patch day over at Microsoft. The Redmond based company has released a total of four security bulletins that month. One bulletin has received a maximum severity rating of critical, while the three others one of important. The critical vulnerability addresses a issue in [...]
