Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9) How an attacker exploits them: By enticing one of your users to visit a malicious web page Impact: An attacker can execute code on your user's computer, often gaining complete control of it What to do: Install Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 update immediately, or let Windows Automatic Update … [Read more...]
Cumulative Patch Plugs 13 Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
Severity: High Summary: This vulnerability affects: All current versions of Internet Explorer, running on all current versions of Windows How an attacker exploits it: Typically, by enticing one of your users to visit a malicious web page Impact: Various, in the worst case an attacker can execute code on your user's computer, gaining complete control of it What to do: … [Read more...]
Four Windows Updates Plug Seven Security Holes
Bulletins Affect RDP, DNS Server, Kernel-Mode Drivers, and More Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Windows and components that ship with it (One flaw also affects Small Business Server 2003) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including sending specially crafted packets to vulnerable computers Impact: Various … [Read more...]
Six Windows Updates Fix Nine Security Vulnerabilities
Bulletins Affect .NET Framework, Kernel-Mode Drivers, Indeo Codec, and More Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Windows and components that ship with it. Also affects the .NET Framework and Silverlight How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring your users to a malicious web site or enticing them to … [Read more...]