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Intel Admits Centrino Flaw
News But the company said it knew about the problem and had issued a fix in a bulletin to PC makers in early March, around the time the Centrino line was unveiled. The flaw involving the new chip family -- which Intel said it had rigorously tested...
[June 2, 2003, 8:54]
Windows HTML Flaw Persists
News Microsoft did not say whether the fix would be released before its February patch bulletin. The Bucharest-based security service provider said that a critical patch issued by Microsoft in its MS05-001 bulletin earlier this month fails to resolve...
[January 25, 2005, 8:10]
Microsoft Patches Serious IE Flaws
News The software maker released the patch in security bulletin MS05-054, as part of its monthly patching cycle. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system...
[December 14, 2005, 9:00]
Windows Attack Code Made Public
News Microsoft provided a fix for the flaw last week with security bulletin MS07-004. Microsoft is aware that detailed exploit code was published on the internet that may take advantage of the vulnerability addressed by Microsoft security bulletin MS07...
[January 17, 2007, 7:48]
Microsoft Plugs 21 Security Holes
News The most important bulletin, MS06-025, is a fix for routing and remote access vulnerabilities in Windows, said Jonathan Bitle, a senior product manager at Qualys. Another critical Windows bulletin, related to bugs in its graphics rendering engine...
[June 14, 2006, 9:55]
Trojans Target Unpatched IE Flaw
News I don't have confirmation that the patch will be available in the next round of updates, but we will include the fix in an upcoming security bulletin," said a Microsoft spokesperson. However, it's not clear whether the flaw will even be addressed...
[December 5, 2005, 14:05]
Sapphire/Slammer Worm Attacks
News Unpatched is the operative word here, since Microsoft has been urging users to update their software to fix the vulnerability exploited by Slammer since July 24, 2002, when it published Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-039.
[January 28, 2003, 9:42]
Inbox Menace - Bugbear
News But the patch in this bulletin has been superseded by the IE 5.01 and IE 5.5 patches listed in MS01-027, so you should look at both bulletins and evaluate your options before applying a patch. The initial report on this vulnerability is Microsoft...
[October 10, 2002, 13:01]
Problem Patches Can Cause Mayhem
News If you've dutifully applied the patch provided in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-051 and at some point changed the default access control list settings, your users have likely experienced serious problems with their PCs, including loss of...
[November 2, 2005, 11:05]
Exploit Code Threatening Windows PCs
News Microsoft tackled the problem in security bulletin MS06-036, and people who have applied that update are protected, a representative for the software maker said. The second, proof-of-concept code targets a security hole in a Windows component...
[July 26, 2006, 9:45]
Security Woes: Who Does Microsoft Blame?
News But the minute we release the bulletin, we will tell customers what the fix is. There is at least one other vulnerability that is corrected by that update for which a bulletin has not been yet released.
[November 9, 2001, 9:55]
Microsoft U-turn As WMF Patch Released Early
News Security bulletin MS06-001, originally scheduled for Tuesday, is the first security bulletin of this year and fixes a vulnerability in the way Windows renders Windows Meta File images. Microsoft released a fix for a serious security vulnerability...
[January 5, 2006, 20:35]
Windows Attack Code Released
News Microsoft is aware of the "detailed exploit code" for the Workstation Service vulnerability, which was addressed by security bulletin MS06-070, a company representative said. Microsoft does offer some workarounds for the flaw in its security bulletin.
[November 17, 2006, 9:29]
Experts Warn On 'unpatched' Vulnerability
News The relevant Microsoft bulletin was issued on 20 August and last updated on 8 September. Subsequent to issuing this security bulletin, Microsoft received reports that the patch provided with this bulletin does not properly correct the Object Type...
[September 29, 2003, 9:10]
Windows Trojan Confusion Abounds
News The Windows vulnerabilities relate to how the operating system renders the Windows Metafile (WMF) and Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image formats, Microsoft said on Tuesday in its MS05-053 security bulletin.
[November 11, 2005, 9:50]
Microsoft Backpedals On Security Patches
News The fourth bulletin, for Windows, is also tagged critical. Last month, for example, it issued one more security bulletin than it had said it would. As a result, it's unknown what security holes will now be left without a fix.eEye Digital Security...
[January 8, 2007, 8:28]
New Outlook Bug Can Sting With Spam
News This vulnerability can affect a user even if the user follows what would normally be safe computing practices such as installing the Outlook Security Update and using the Security Zones feature to manage the security of his or her mail client...
[July 19, 2000, 9:05]
Critical Flaw Opens Windows To Rogue Java
News Other vulnerabilities addressed by the same patch pose a variety of threat levels but, since one patch fixes all, you should refer to the Microsoft bulletin if you need more details after reading about the mitigating factors.
[December 24, 2002, 22:52]
Fix For Exchange 2000 Causes Mail Snags
News We received some technical report of potential issues with the bulletin," said a Microsoft representative. We have had severe email problems since applying the fix," wrote Trey Carr, IS manager at ZonaFinanciera.com.
[June 11, 2001, 14:53]
IE Flaw May Be Not So Critical
News Microsoft's Security Bulletin MS03-04 includes a cumulative patch for several versions of Internet Explorer and addresses two new critical vulnerabilities. The patch for IE 5.01 supersedes the patches released in conjunction with MS02-068 and MS02...
[February 17, 2003, 7:57]
