The last days have not been pleasant for Microsoft. A new Windows vulnerability affecting all 32-bit editions of the operating system from Windows 3.11 to Windows 7 was uncovered shortly after the revelation that an exploit in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 was used in the attack on several US companies that included Google and Adobe [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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New Security Vulnerability Affects Windows Operating Systems
Microsoft yesterday released a security advisory that described a new security vulnerability affecting several Microsoft operating systems. The article, which was posted only a few hours after the release of security patches for this month’s patch-day affects the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) implementation. The operating systems that are affected by the new vulnerability are [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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January 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletin
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 [...]