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Flaws threaten Net, VoIP

January 14, 2004 Microsoft releases patches for three bugs, while many companies' products may be affected by vulnerabilities in a messaging standard. TAGS: patch management, messaging, VoIP, flaw, vulnerability, Symantec Corp., bug, Microsoft Corp., security

Attack code comes on heels of Microsoft patches

June 15, 2006 Just a day after patches for vulnerabilities are released, code designed to exploit those weaknesses appears on Net. TAGS: patch management, iDefense, security update, code, flaw, remote access, vulnerability, security, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle patches to fix 37 flaws

April 11, 2007 Quarterly "critical patch update" will include fixes for seven vulnerabilities that could be exploited remotely. TAGS: Oracle Corp., patch management, fix, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft pulls four planned patches

January 5, 2007 Company now plans to release four security bulletins with fixes for its products, instead of the eight that it had announced. TAGS: bulletin, patch management, vulnerability, fix, Microsoft Office, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

'Critical' patches released for Windows

January 11, 2005 Microsoft releases two patches for OS, but fix for underlying IE problems is not yet ready. TAGS: patch management, Stephen Toulouse, vulnerability, patch, attacker, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Microsoft struggles with patch

October 10, 2006 Company faces distribution glitches in issuing "critical" fixes for Windows, Office, among other updates. TAGS: patch management, Microsoft Update, Automatic Update, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Office, vulnerability, fix, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., flaw, security, software company, Microsoft Windows, Web browser

Windows zero-day flaw gets a fix

April 10, 2007 Microsoft's Tuesday patches include a fix for a "critical" Windows flaw that was first disclosed in December and also affects Vista. TAGS: flaw, vulnerability, agent, patch management, fix, client-server, attacker, security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched

January 9, 2007 Software giant releases fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but several known Word zero-day flaws go without patches. TAGS: vulnerability, bulletin, patch management, fix, Microsoft Update, attacker, Automatic Update, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, flaw, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, PC

OpenOffice patches 'highly critical' flaw

January 5, 2007 All but newest version of software suite has flaw that could allow introduction of malicious code. TAGS: OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows Metafile, vulnerability, patch management, flaw, malicious code, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft releases 'critical' patches

February 8, 2005 The software giant announces a dozen updates, eight of which top the company's severity scale. TAGS: bulletin, service pack, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, patch management, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft patches zero-day Windows Media flaw

December 12, 2006 Fix for critical security hole in Windows Media Format was added to Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates at the last moment. TAGS: SNMP, Windows Media Format, Windows Media, patch management, vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, fix, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word

Microsoft patches new Windows flaw

May 11, 2004 The software company says the security hole, which could enable an attacker to remotely execute malicious code, poses an "important" risk. TAGS: Sasser worm, bulletin, vulnerability, Stephen Toulouse, flaw, attacker, malicious code, patch, software company, Symantec Corp., patch management, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE

September 19, 2005 But the security specialist also finds that Microsoft's browser is the only one widely exploited by hackers today. TAGS: Mozilla Web browser, Mozilla Corp., Symantec Corp., vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, hacker, malicious code, patch management, security, Firefox, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft patches a pair of flaws

June 8, 2004 The software giant releases fixes for a vulnerability in its DirectPlay peer-to-peer gaming module and a flaw in a third-party program Microsoft includes with several applications. TAGS: Crystal Reports, Stephen Toulouse, flaw, patch management, Sasser worm, attacker, P2P, vulnerability, RSS, security, Microsoft Corp., games, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Fixes in for critical IE, Windows flaws

June 14, 2005 Three of the 10 bulletins in Microsoft's monthly batch of patches deal with three holes that could let intruders take over a PC. TAGS: server message block, vulnerability, intruder, flaw, patch management, attacker, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows 2000, PNG, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, server, Microsoft Corp., security, HTML, PC

Oracle offering early warning on security fixes

January 11, 2007 Following Microsoft's lead, Oracle has started tipping customers off in advance of upcoming security patches. TAGS: Oracle Corp., security patch, patch management, fix, security, vulnerability, component, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft warns of three flaws

January 14, 2004 The software giant releases patches for the bugs, the most serious of which could give attackers a back door into the company's security server product. TAGS: Microsoft Acceleration Server, H.323, flaw, Stephen Toulouse, attacker, patch management, Internet security, vulnerability, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., VoIP, server, security, Microsoft Windows

Study: Windows has fewest security holes

March 23, 2007 But it beats Red Hat and Mac OS X on number of critical flaws, according to latest threat report from Symantec. TAGS: severity, security hole, Red Hat Linux, Symantec Corp., Mozilla Web browser, vulnerability, Red Hat Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Mozilla Corp., patch management, Linux, flaw, Web browser, security, Apple Macintosh

Microsoft plugs 21 security holes

June 13, 2006 All but two of the 21 Windows, Office and Exchange flaws could let an intruder run code on a compromised computer. TAGS: bulletin, Qualys Inc., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft JScript, remote access, vulnerability, security hole, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Windows ME, flaw, patch management, information technology manager, Microsoft Windows 98, service pack, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft PowerPoint

Trend Micro: Open source is more secure

June 13, 2006 Antivirus vendor wades into the debate over the merits of open and closed code, while Red Hat takes a cautious approach. TAGS: Raimund Genes, Trend Micro Inc., vulnerability, open source, Linux, patch management, Red Hat Inc., distribution, antivirus company, security, open-source software, Unix, Microsoft Corp.