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Microsoft May Rush Out IE Patch
News Microsoft may offer an Internet Explorer security update before its next official Patch Tuesday. Microsoft typically releases fixes each second Tuesday of the month, which has become known as Patch Tuesday.
[September 26, 2006, 9:55]
Apple Megapatch Tackles 45 Flaws
News In addition to the Mac OS X patch, Apple issued a second update on Tuesday to fix a security bug in iPhoto that could expose Mac users to a serious attack. The megapatch is the seventh Apple security patch release in three months.
[March 14, 2007, 7:33]
'Patch Tuesday' Proves Busy For Microsoft
News For the third straight month, it's a busy "Patch Tuesday". The flaw addressed in MS06-040 is the only one in Microsoft's Tuesday patch bunch that could let an anonymous attacker remotely commandeer a Windows PC without any user interaction, Budd said.
[August 9, 2006, 8:45]
Microsoft Patches Serious IE Flaws
News The software maker released the patch in security bulletin MS05-054, as part of its monthly patching cycle. Microsoft's patch release prompted security provider Symantec to raise its ThreatCon global threat index to Level 2, which means an outbreak...
[December 14, 2005, 9:00]
Oracle Releases Fixes For 101 Flaws
News As part of its quarterly patch cycle, Oracle released fixes on Tuesday for 101 security vulnerabilities across its products. The Critical Patch Update includes remedies for 63 flaws related to Oracle's widely-used database products.
[October 18, 2006, 9:20]
Internet Explorer Patch Is Flawed
News Microsoft released the MS06-042 security update on 8 August as part of its monthly patch cycle. It is one of a dozen security updates that Microsoft released this month on Patch Tuesday. Further compounding the troubles with the IE patch, Microsoft...
[August 23, 2006, 8:45]
No Patch Yet For 'critical' Office Flaw
News As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday six security bulletins, at least two of them deemed "critical". The Visual Studio update could offer a patch for a zero-day vulnerability in the developer tools that was made...
[December 8, 2006, 8:38]
'Critical' Windows Update Suspended
News Next week's "Patch Tuesday" was already going to be quiet, with an update only for Windows. However, if deemed necessary to protect Windows users against attacks, the patch might be released sooner. The last-minute recall comes a day after...
[September 12, 2005, 9:10]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Brings Three Critical Fixes
News The second patch is directed at a Microsoft Publisher object handler validation flaw in versions of Office, including XP SP3, as detailed in Microsoft security bulletin MS08-027. Microsoft has released three critical patches and one update with a...
[May 15, 2008, 13:07]
Microsoft Repairs Cursor Vulnerability Fix
News The bulletins, part of Microsoft's monthly patch cycle, will provide fixes for an undisclosed number of security vulnerabilities. Microsoft on Tuesday plans to push out a fix to repair problems caused by last week's emergency cursor flaw patch.
[April 10, 2007, 7:44]
Microsoft Patch Leaves ZoneAlarm Users In The Dark
News Check Point Software Technologies, maker of ZoneAlarm, on Wednesday said it is working with Microsoft to resolve an issue with one of the patches within the software maker's July 2008 Patch Tuesday release.
[July 10, 2008, 11:26]
Microsoft Patches Security Patch
News Microsoft updated a critical security patch late on Tuesday to address the network connection trouble some people had with the first version of the fix. The first patch, delivered in security bulletin MS06-025, was one of the dozen released by...
[June 29, 2006, 10:45]
Microsoft Fixes Faulty IE Patch
News It is one of a dozen security updates in this month's Patch Tuesday batch. Microsoft has released an updated version of a faulty Internet Explorer patch to fix a serious security flaw introduced by the original version.
[August 25, 2006, 8:50]
Oracle Adopts Advance Patch-alert Scheme
News As part of its quarterly patch cycle, Oracle on Tuesday plans to release fixes for 52 security vulnerabilities across its products, the company said in a note on its website on Thursday. I am not entirely surprised that we're seeing a convergence...
[January 12, 2007, 8:30]
Get The Details On Microsoft's June Security Bulletins
News However, the software giant's Patch Tuesday overshadowed this momentous news — at least for those of us in the security world, who spent our time updating Microsoft programs. For June's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 12 security bulletins...
[June 20, 2006, 12:45]
Windows Image-handling Flaw Lets In Attackers
News People who have signed up for Microsoft's update service should receive the patch download automatically. Patch Tuesday. Two of them could allow a remote intruder to gain complete control over a Windows PC, Microsoft warned in the bulletin, the...
[November 9, 2005, 9:10]
'Critical' Microsoft Patch May Crash IE
News It is one of a dozen security updates that Microsoft released last week on Patch Tuesday. It plans to re-release the bulletin and patch on 22 August for all affected users. In June, it had to fix a patch that caused network connection trouble for...
[August 16, 2006, 9:05]
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 Releases Second Monthly Patch
News The updates are the second instalment since Microsoft revamped its patch-publishing schedule to release fixes on the second Tuesday of every month. The regular patch publishing schedule may inspire more corporate system administrators to upgrade...
[November 12, 2003, 8:25]
Microsoft Patches 'important' XP, Windows Server 2003 Flaw
News The patch is posted to the company's security Web site, as is a bulletin outlining the flaw. The software maker released a patch for the vulnerability and urged customers to "install the update at the earliest opportunity.
[May 12, 2004, 8:35]
