Microsoft has released the security bulletin summary for June 2009 which details this month’s software and system updates. A total of ten security bulletins have been released this month which patch vulnerabilities in a variety of Microsoft products including various Microsoft Windows operating systems, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.
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Microsoft Security Patches for June 2009
Java Security Update Released
Sun Microsystems have issued a Java update on several critical Java security vulnerabilities. The security vulnerabilities affect several JDK, JRE and SDK versions including JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier which is usually installed to enable Java support on a computer system.
A total of 13 security vulnerabilities are fixed by the Java update. Attackers can [...]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday November 08
Microsoft released only two patches for their products on this November’s Patch Tuesday. The Microsoft Security Bulletins MS08-069 and MS08-068 patched two vulnerability with the status critical and important.
The vulnerability rated as critical could allow remote code execution in the in Microsoft XML Core Services while the vulnerability rated important could allow remote code execution [...]
Microsoft October 2008 Patch Day Patches 11 Security Vulnerabilities
It was always a mystery to me why Microsoft released security patches on one day only considering that an unpatched security vulnerability could be exploited easily in that time. The impression with all the announcements regarding the patches a week or so earlier is that Microsoft has (some of) the patches ready but is not [...]
Microsoft Security Updates May 2008
Microsoft released four security updates for various applications and operating systems that they produce. Three of the four updates are regarded as critical while one has a moderate risk level. To break it up further: Two patches are updating Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007, one Windows XP, Windows 2000 and [...]
Microsoft updates two critical security patches
It feels like I’m updating my computer every day in the last weeks. Microsoft issued yet another two security patches for Internet Explorer and the .net framework that can be downloaded from Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-040 – Critical and Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-024 – Critical. Both security patches are updated to patches that had been [...]
Windows Vulnerability Scanner
Windows is probably the operating system that is attacked the most, some say because it has the largest user base, some say because it is simply insecure. Whatever it is Windows users should do whatever they can to protect their system and patch all possible known security vulnerabilities to make sure their system won’t be [...]
