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Microsoft revokes further DigiNotar certificates

...that allowed the issuing of fraudulent SSL certificates. As part of its monthly Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released five security bulletins, none of which are critical... Read more

14 September, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft fixes CSS exploit in Patch Tuesday update

...Microsoft on Tuesday issued three 'critical' security bulletins as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday programme. Together with nine other alerts, which the company rated... Read more

9 February, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Microsoft plugs 40 holes and plans Office security update

...focus on the two critical bulletins that are part of Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday security update, says Jerry Bryant, group manager for response communications... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Elinor Mills
Server app virtualisation in Microsoft's sights

Server app virtualisation in Microsoft's sights

...tiers, [and so on]. Now you can manage those three images through monthly patch cycles. That's very different from having one image per IIS... Read more

17 June, 2010 by Roger Howorth

Microsoft gears up monthly patch release

...the next major Windows exploits to occur within a week of a monthly patch being released by Microsoft." "If I was a bad guy, that... Read more

11 November, 2003 by Patrick Gray

Microsoft releases critical Windows patches

...on Tuesday issued five critical Windows-related updates as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday release. While the issues affect versions of Windows in different... Read more

9 September, 2009 by Ina Fried

Microsoft to plug critical hole in IE

...Friday said it would be releasing security updates on Tuesday — outside its monthly patch cycle — for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer and a moderate... Read more

27 July, 2009 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft to tip off partners on security flaws

...details of the vulnerabilities in Microsoft software before the company releases its monthly 'Patch Tuesday' updates. The new Microsoft Active Protection Program, set to be... Read more

5 August, 2008 by Elinor Mills

Cursor flaw throws doubt on Vista security

...against discounting the new operating system. The software giant broke with its monthly patch cycle Tuesday to fix a bug that cybercrooks had been using... Read more

4 April, 2007 by Joris Evers

Malware authors exploit Microsoft's monthly cycles

...may have timed the release of their worm to throw Microsoft's monthly patch cycle into disarray, say security experts. In its latest monthly update... Read more

10 November, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Microsoft to fix zero-day XML flaw

...security bulletins to be issued as part of the software maker's monthly patch cycle Read more

10 November, 2006 by Joris Evers

More critical Windows updates due

Microsoft's next monthly patch update is due on Tuesday, and will include some critical fixes... Read more

4 August, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Microsoft releases critical patches for XP

January's monthly patch update sees Microsoft fixing vulnerabilities in XP and the Windows indexing... Read more

12 January, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

'Critical' Office patch to be released

...week, one of three bulletins it will distribute as part of its monthly patch cycle. The other two updates are for Windows and are rated... Read more

8 September, 2006 by Dawn Kawamoto

Patch Tuesday fixes coming for Windows, Office

...take control of the computer. The bulletins, part of the company's monthly Patch Tuesday fixes, affect Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003... Read more

7 May, 2010 by Elinor Mills

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