Microsoft as expected has just released an out of band security update for the Windows operating system that fixes a critical security vulnerable. The vulnerability affects all Microsoft operating systems that have been released in the past years, including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and the Windows Server product line. The severity of the [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has released security updates for their operating systems and applications. The June 2010 patch day consists of 10 security bulletins that fix a total of 34 30 different security vulnerabilities. The updates are already available via Windows Update but can also be downloaded from the Microsoft website in case they need to be deployed [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

Microsoft has released an out-of-band security patch for Internet Explorer which fixes a security vulnerability that has been actively exploited on the Internet. The patch has caused some confusion as reported by Ed Bott since the the security vulnerability that caused the emergency update to be released is only affecting Internet Explorer 6 or IE7. [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer, Security

Microsoft has released the Security Bulletin Summary for July 2009 which contains security patches for several Microsoft products. Six security patches are provided by Microsoft this time that include three rated critical and three rated important. Affected programs are Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft ISA Server, Virtual PC and Virtual Server. Affected operating systems are [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Windows

Microsoft has released the Security Bulletin for May 2009 which contains one Microsoft Office PowerPoint vulnerability which affects various editions of Microsoft Office but also the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. Affected are Microsoft Office PowerPoint editions in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007. The security [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft releases security bulletins once a month that outline new security updates and patches for Microsoft products. The security updates for April 2009 list a total of eight vulnerabilities for various Microsoft applications including Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Six of the eight patches affect various Microsoft operating systems. Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Just a few minutes ago the patches for this month’s patch day have been uploaded to Windows Update and Microsoft Update. Users are encouraged to update their Microsoft operating system as soon as possible to close the recently discovered security vulnerabilities. Among the affected operating systems are practically all Microsoft operating systems since and including [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has the habit of releasing security patches on one Tuesday each month. Time critical patches can be delivered out of schedule but that did not happen that often in the past. Only one security bulletin has been released on the patch Tuesday in January 2009. Security Bullein MS09-001 has been rated critical for Windows [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft released their monthly Security Bulletin yesterday which consisted of four critical issues all affecting various editions of Microsoft Office. All four patches fix remote code execution vulnerabilities and it is recommended that they are installed as soon as possible if Microsoft Office is installed on the computer.

Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Windows