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[Windows Guides | Mintywhite.com] The First Windows Vista SP1 Security Vulnerabilities: Along with advances in performance, reliability, stability and compatibility, Microsoft touted consistent security improvements in Vista SP1. The service pack brings to the table all the hotfixes and security patches issues for Vista since the operating system’s availability as well as additional enhancements.
[PC Sympathy] Microsoft Plans Five ”˜Critical’ Security Updates For Windows, Explorer: Microsoft said Thursday that it plans to release eight software updates for the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer Web browser to patch security holes, five of which the company described as “critical.”Microsoft said it plans to release the updates on April 8. PC users can determine if they need the updates by accessing the company’s online Baseline Security Analyzer, Microsoft said.
[Smbramonatatum's Weblog] Sunbelt Weekly TechTips #61: On September 5th, Microsoft released a new version of their Windows Live services that can be installed as a suite rather than having to install each program individually. The suite includes Windows Live Mail, Version 8.5 of Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live OneCare Family Safety, the Windows Live Toolbar, the excellent Windows Live Writer blogging program, and the first public beta of Windows Live Photo Gallery for sharing pictures on Windows Live Spaces.
[Windows Guides | Mintywhite.com] Microsoft Set to Announce Next-Gen Security Software: Although Microsoft’s security announcements are always closely watched, it will not be the only company making news at the conference. IBM plans to introduce new security projects, software and services products, and storage vendor EMC is expected to shed some more light on how it plans to tie together recent acquisitions such as Tablus, Network Intelligence and Documentum.
[Dr. Bill: The Computer Curmudgeon] 16 Updates Are In The Pipeline for April’s “Patch Tuesday”: “An advance notification regarding Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday promises eight security updates to Windows, Office, and IE vulnerabilities and eight more non-security related updates for Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services.
[Windows Guides | Mintywhite.com] Gates: Microsoft Windows 7 Sometime Next Year: co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expected the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released “sometime in the next year or so.”
[Brajeshwar] Adobe AIR and Security: Application sandbox is referred by Adobe as the safest sandbox to place your application code, as the risk from injection attacks is greatly reduced as compared to a typical browser security sandbox. The application sandbox in
[Smokey's Security Weblog] Safari for Windows Highly Critical Vulnerabilities: Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian has discovered two highly critical vulnerabilities in Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks or potentially compromise a user’s system.
[Bob's Microsoft News] Microsoft Plans Five ”˜Critical’ Security Updates For Windows, Explorer: Microsoft said Thursday that it plans to release eight software updates for the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer Web browser to patch security holes, five of which the company described as “critical.”
[TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro] Flash Vulnerability Takes Down Vista in PWN to OWN: The said notebook was running on the Windows Vista Ultimate platform and comes with an installed Flash Player from Adobe. A critical vulnerability in Flash was successfully exploited by Shane Macaulay, a consultant at Security Objectives, enabling him to break into a Fujitsu U810 running Windows Vista Ultimate SP1, and making him the owner of the notebook as well.
[Bardissi Enterprises Blog] Mozilla Stomps Out Ten Security Vulnerabilities with Firefox 2.0.0.13: Mozilla presumes that, with enough effort, some of these memory corruption flaws could be exploited to run arbitrary code. To exploit these flaws, an attacker would first have to trick one of your users into visiting a maliciously crafted web page.
[The Apple Blog] Apple Posts Quicktime 7.6.2 Security Fix + iTunes Front Row Updates: Apple has posted Quicktime 7.4.5 to Software Update that includes 11 security fixes, three of which only impact Windows systems. Some of the vulnerabilities can lead to arbitrary code execution (ie bad people can run programs on your .
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[Sunnet Beskerming Security Advisories] Despite Microsoft's continued push towards developing a more secure codebase, including the massive overhaul associated with Windows Vista, this month's patch release points to several Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities that affect all versions of Windows, from Windows 2000, through to Windows 2008. This indicates that there is still a common corpus of code that is shared amongst the different versions of Windows, which has retained the same security vulnerabilities (with the same effects) across versions.