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Word 2000 flaw still lacks patch
News As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft released updates for Office and Windows users to repair a trio of security flaws, a tally that is notably fewer than in previous months. Microsoft has said that it is working on a patch, but in a...
[September 13, 2006, 10:15]
Microsoft patch freezes some systems
News A patch for a security flaw that affects Microsoft's Web server software running on Windows 2000 has caused system freezes for some customers, the company said on Thursday. The company became aware of the problem after several customers who applied...
[March 21, 2003, 8:46]
Microsoft patches Windows NT WebDAV flaw
News The advisory and software patch for Windows NT are the result of the five-week process, said Stephen Toulouse, program manager for Microsoft's security response centre. Both Next Generation Security Software and Microsoft recommend that all Windows...
[April 25, 2003, 8:11]
No fix for 'critical' hole in Windows 98, ME
News Microsoft will not fix a serious flaw in Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition because a patch could break other applications. It had to revise the update and release it a second time because the patch caused problems for people who used...
[June 12, 2006, 12:05]
Microsoft plugs critical holes in Windows
News The second important patch, which affects all supported versions of Windows (MS09-007), resolves a vulnerability in the Secure Channel security package in Windows. The patch for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 plugs a...
[March 11, 2009, 8:03]
Microsoft urges urgent action on Windows security hole
News While patches are available for Windows NT 4.0 and for Windows 2000 systems, there is no patch available for the Windows XP beta. The patch for Windows NT 4.0 is available here, while the patch for Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced...
[June 20, 2001, 10:35]
Flaws dog Microsoft, despite IE patch
News Microsoft released a patch late Thursday for a pair of "critical" security holes in its Internet Explorer Web browser but was still investigating a widely publicised vulnerability in its Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems.
[April 2, 2002, 10:35]
Lowdown on latest MS security bulletin
News MS02-032 -- Cumulative Patch for Windows Media Player As always, if you have systems identified in the applicability section, you should check out the Microsoft bulletins themselves for all the details before you patch your systems.
[August 6, 2002, 13:50]
'Good' worm fights MSBlast
News A variant of MSBlast spread on Monday, but the new worm has an odd twist: it applies a patch for the vulnerability that it and other MSBlast worms use to infect Windows systems. The new worm, dubbed W32.Welchia, W32/Nachi and Worm_MSBlast.D...
[August 19, 2003, 8:50]
Microsoft warns on Windows and server security
News The fourth security warning alerted customers to the availability of a cumulative patch for four separate, newly discovered flaws involving SQL Server 7 and SQL Server 2000. The Windows Me patch must be retrieved using Windows Update.
[October 4, 2002, 8:33]
Tackling Microsoft's August patches: Part 2
News Microsoft released so many critical security bulletins for August's Patch Tuesday that I couldn't address them all immediately. The updates collectively fix 20 flaws in Windows and patch three flaws in Office.
[August 22, 2006, 13:10]
Microsoft fixes 20 flaws with Patch Tuesday updates
News The patch for Internet Explorer is cumulative. Microsoft is now sharing the technical details of new vulnerabilities in advance of so-called 'Patch Tuesday', to give software developers a chance to update affected products before the public...
[October 15, 2008, 11:01]
Microsoft races to fix security hole
News Microsoft has decided to hold Service Pack 2 -- a collection of updates and big fixes -- for Windows 2000 until it can integrate the patch with the update. Microsoft has announced a serious security hole in its flagship Web server software, and on...
[May 2, 2001, 8:32]
Microsoft's five critical security bulletins for July
News For July's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released seven security bulletins, five of which it has rated critical. In addition to the rather esoteric threats we often see on Patch Tuesday, this month's batch includes multiple critical flaws in Office...
[July 24, 2006, 13:30]
Microsoft issues eight Windows fixes
News An expected patch for XML Core Services delivered with bulletin MS06-071 plugs a flaw in that Windows add-on that had also surfaced in cyberattacks. As expected, the company issued six security bulletins as part of its monthly patch cycle.
[November 15, 2006, 9:39]
New cumulative Microsoft patch fixes two critical threats
News Of additional interest is the fact that MS02-015 includes a patch for the CodeBase vulnerability, which some security specialists say Microsoft has known about for a long time but has only now addressed.
[April 16, 2002, 17:03]
Zotob worm highlights security failings
News There were just a few days between Microsoft issuing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Windows 2000 and the first reports of a piece of malware - the Zotob worm - exploiting that flaw. This was bad new for companies who were still testing...
[August 17, 2005, 15:10]
Major Windows flaw patched
News Microsoft on Tuesday issued an "important" Windows security fix as part of its monthly patch cycle, tackling a script injection vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take over a PC. The software giant also published two early alerts as part...
[May 11, 2005, 9:35]
Microsoft rolls out record Patch Tuesday fixes
News Microsoft has released 10 security updates fixing a record number of Patch Tuesday holes, including one for a critical hole in Internet Explorer 8 that was exploited as part of a hacking contest at CanSecWest in March.
[June 10, 2009, 8:37]
Microsoft patches Excel, Windows, Word flaws
News Microsoft on Tuesday closed security holes in Excel, Windows and Word that had been exploited in the wild, as well as other holes for which exploit code or details exist, all as part of its monthly patch update cycle.
[April 15, 2009, 8:22]
