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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, fix, vulnerability, 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

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: vulnerability, flaw, agent, fix, patch management, client-server, attacker, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

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, fix, vulnerability, flaw, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., security, software company, Microsoft Windows, Web browser

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, Microsoft Update, fix, attacker, Microsoft Office, Automatic Update, Microsoft Word, flaw, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, PC

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, vulnerability, patch management, flaw, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio, fix, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word

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

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., flaw, patch management, Linux, Web browser, Apple Macintosh, security

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, vulnerability, patch management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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, patch, malicious code, patch management, Symantec Corp., software company, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Security patches issued for RealPlayers

March 3, 2005 RealNetworks releases patches for its audio-video players in an effort to prevent attacks via buffer overflows. TAGS: RealNetworks RealPlayer, RealNetworks RealOne Player, RealNetworks RealOne, RealNetworks Inc., buffer-overflow, patch management, vulnerability, Linux, security, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

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, flaw, Stephen Toulouse, Sasser worm, patch management, attacker, P2P, vulnerability, RSS, security, Microsoft Corp., games, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, Microsoft Windows

More exploits out for Windows flaws

December 1, 2005 Users should be shielded from two new attack codes if they use security updates. It's the unpatched flaws that cause worry. TAGS: exploit, flaw, vulnerability, McAfee Inc., attack, patch, security, patch management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft plugs worm hole in Windows

July 11, 2006 "Critical" flaw could let worm spread, company says, as it sends updates addressing 18 problems in Windows, Office. TAGS: flaw, vulnerability, DHCP, patch management, Microsoft Office, Web server, risk, service pack, worm, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, attacker, Microsoft Windows Server, fix, security, Microsoft Corp., Symantec Corp.

Microsoft releases monthly security fixes

October 15, 2003 The company shifts its security patch schedule to a monthly basis. The first update consists of five vulnerabilities deemed "critical." TAGS: Jeff Jones, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, administrator, schedule, flaw, Microsoft Exchange Server, vulnerability, system administrator, security, Microsoft Windows 2000, patch management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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, Internet security, patch management, vulnerability, Microsoft SQL Server, VoIP, Microsoft Corp., server, security, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft plugs critical holes in Windows

April 12, 2005 Monthly patch release includes fixes for flaws that could let attackers take remote control of vulnerable systems. TAGS: Stephen Toulouse, Neel Mehta, vulnerability, worm, Microsoft Exchange Server, flaw, attacker, TCP/IP, patch management, security, Symantec Corp., bug, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

Symantec flaw leaves opening for viruses

February 9, 2005 Flaw in scanner in antivirus and antispam products could give viruses free rein; patch is issued. TAGS: Internet Security Systems Inc., Symantec Corp., flaw, antivirus, advisory, virus, anti-spam, vulnerability, patch management, attacker, Norton Co., scanner, library, security, e-mail, operating system

No fix yet for Word 2000 flaw

September 12, 2006 Microsoft releases patches for three security holes, but does not have a fix for a Word 2000 flaw being used in attacks. TAGS: Microsoft Word 2000, Qualys Inc., Microsoft Word, flaw, fix, Microsoft Office, attacker, cyberattack, patch management, patch, vulnerability, security, Microsoft Corp., software company, e-mail, Microsoft Windows
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