Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Most current versions of Windows and Silverlight 5 (For PC and Mac) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including luring users to malicious web content or running specially crafted programs Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can gain complete control of your Windows computer. What to do: … [Read more...]
September's Patch Day Looks Tame (But Watch Out for October)
Yay! After months of relatively busy Microsoft Patch Days, we finally get a light one. This month, you can expect only two bulletins from Microsoft, and neither of them is Critical. According to the September advanced notification post, Microsoft plans to release two security bulletins next Tuesday, affecting Visual FoxPro and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. … [Read more...]
Windows Security Updates Also Fix Flaws in .NET Framework and Office
Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Windows and its optional .NET Framework component. One bulletin also affects Office and Silverlight How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing your users into running specially crafted documents or into visiting web sites with malicious content Impact: In the … [Read more...]
Microsoft Black Tuesday: May Brings Windows, Office and .NET Patches
Microsoft has offered its May security updates to the masses. As expected, the theme this month seems to revolve around Office document parsing vulnerabilities. If you use Office in your network, you will want to apply these updates as soon as possible. In their May security bulletin summary, Microsoft highlights seven security bulletins that fix 23 vulnerabilities in four … [Read more...]
Microsoft's May Patch Day Looks Office-centric
Microsoft's May Patch Day will likely include many patches that prevent attackers from leveraging malicious Office documents. According to May's advanced notification post, Microsoft plans to release several security bulletins next Tuesday, fixing 23 flaws affecting Windows, Office, the .NET Framework, and Silverlight. Microsoft rates three of these bulletins as Critical. In … [Read more...]