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Second Zero-day Excel Flaw Emerges
News Both vulnerabilities come on the heels of Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" batch of security updates. Last week, Microsoft released 12 patches that addressed 21 vulnerabilities in various products, including Office applications.
[June 21, 2006, 10:15]
IE Zero Day And Web Attacker Kit: A Special Report
White Papers How can a user maintain computer security when bad guys sell anyone attack kits online that exploit the very latest vulnerabilities in Microsoft software?
[November 29, 2006, 15:17]
Microsoft To Fix Zero-day XML Flaw
News Microsoft did not specify how many vulnerabilities in total its security updates will tackle, or say which components of Windows are being repaired. Critical vulnerabilities typically can allow a worm to spread or allow a Windows system to be fully...
[November 10, 2006, 8:51]
No Patches This Tuesday From Microsoft
News Microsoft has no new security updates planned for Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities that are waiting to be fixed. Microsoft continues to investigate potential and existing vulnerabilities in an effort to help protect our...
[March 9, 2007, 8:22]
Microsoft Leaves Word Flaws Unpatched
News Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software, but left several known Word zero-day flaws without a patch. Still, the company left several known zero-day vulnerabilities without a patch.
[January 10, 2007, 8:52]
TippingPoint Goes Public With Zero Day Flaws
News The intrusion prevention product vendor, a division of 3Com, said this week it would begin publishing some details on all vulnerabilities that are pending public disclosure on its Zero Day Initiative Web site.
[September 1, 2006, 15:45]
New Website Tracks Zero-day Flaws
News The new eEye Zero-Day Tracker website on Tuesday listed seven zero-day vulnerabilities, six of which affect Microsoft software and one related to Adobe Systems' Acrobat. More zero-day security vulnerabilities and attacks are being discovered every...
[December 6, 2006, 8:41]
Microsoft Issues Excel Zero-day Warning
News In its security advisory issued on Friday, Microsoft warns people of a "very limited" zero-day attack that takes advantage of vulnerabilities in the Excel spreadsheet program. The "extremely critical" Excel vulnerabilities are found in Microsoft...
[February 6, 2007, 8:44]
Microsoft Plugs Windows Media Hole
News While we see Microsoft making an attempt to patch zero-day vulnerabilities, they are still struggling to keep up with the continuous influx of zero-day attacks," said Amol Sarwate, a research manager at vulnerability management company Qualys.
[December 13, 2006, 8:39]
Symantec Flaw Found By TippingPoint Bounty Hunters
News Under ZDI, 3Com will reward security researchers who inform them about "zero day vulnerabilities". TippingPoint rewards security researchers who inform 3Com of vulnerabilities and do not publicly disclose them before the vendor has issued a patch.
[October 14, 2005, 18:10]
IBM: Public Vulnerabilities Are Tip Of The Iceberg
News He added that zero-day vulnerabilities may have been purchased by organisations from security researchers, which are then released under non-disclosure agreements to that organisation's customers. Other organisations and hackers also stealthily use...
[June 1, 2007, 12:07]
Office Flaws Scupper Patch Tuesday
News Should the three Office bugs be new, the tally of zero-day vulnerabilities in the productivity suite waiting for a fix would jump to five. Microsoft did not deliver any patches for Office on Tuesday, despite two vulnerabilities in the software that...
[April 11, 2007, 10:18]
More Critical Fixes For Windows
News Microsoft did not specify how many flaws Tuesday's updates will address or which components of its products will be fixed.eEye Digital Security on its Zero-Day Tracker website lists a total of eight zero-day vulnerabilities that Microsoft still...
[January 5, 2007, 8:11]
Microsoft Plans Fix For DNS Vulnerability
News The bulletins, part of Microsoft's monthly patch cycle, are slated to provide fixes for an undisclosed number of security vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Exchange and BizTalk, Microsoft said on its website on Thursday.
[May 4, 2007, 8:35]
IDefense Ups Ante For Bounty Hunters
News Security intelligence company iDefense has sweetened its offer to hackers who sell it details on new software vulnerabilities. Both companies are vying to be the first to know about security vulnerabilities in other companies' products.
[July 27, 2005, 9:50]
Underground Homes In On Microsoft Server Flaw
News Dozens of security vulnerabilities are discovered every day, most by zealous researchers or hobbyists who immediately report the problems to software companies. This goes to show that even today many vulnerabilities are discovered in the...
[October 18, 2000, 12:32]
Cyberattacks Exploit Word Flaw
News News of the flaw comes a day after Microsoft released updates for nine other Office-related vulnerabilities. As with most of the Office vulnerabilities, an attacker would have to trick a user into opening a malicious file to be successful.
[February 16, 2007, 10:47]
No Vista Patch In Microsoft's Updates
News Seven of the 20 vulnerabilities addressed by Tuesday's bulletins were zero-days, and five of those were in Office applications. Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 20 vulnerabilities in a variety of products including Windows, but none of the...
[February 14, 2007, 9:19]
Microsoft Backpedals On Security Patches
News As a result, it's unknown what security holes will now be left without a fix.eEye Digital Security, on its Zero-Day Tracker website, lists eight zero-day vulnerabilities that Microsoft still has to address, with four each in Office and Windows.
[January 8, 2007, 8:28]
Microsoft Fixes 'critical' Flaws In New Programs
News Among Microsoft's updates are fixes for a trio of zero-day vulnerabilities. The remaining zero-day vulnerabilities for which fixes are now available are in Internet Explorer and Word, Microsoft said. Critical vulnerabilities typically allow an...
[May 9, 2007, 9:56]
