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Microsoft Store in India hacked, passwords released
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 02/13/2012 11:20 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
India's online Microsoft store has been hacked, exposing the names, email addresses and passwords of its users, which were stored as plain text.
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2012
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 02/10/2012 12:03 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2012
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Symantec Clears pcAnywhere for Use
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 02/01/2012 05:03 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The security vendor took the unusual step of urging users to disable the program after claims that a hacker group was mining stolen source code for vulnerabilities.
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Microsoft Adds Kelihos Botnet Operator To Civil Complaint
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/25/2012 09:03 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A Russian man was added to the list of defendants in a civil complaint filed by Microsoft at the operators of the Kelihos botnet
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Attackers Reused Adobe Reader Exploit Code From 2009 In Extremely Targeted Hacks
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/12/2012 03:59 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The targeted attack that exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Adobe's Reader application last month was extremely focused on defense industrial base firms, and affected just a handful of systems, according to a company spokesman.
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Attack code published for serious ASP.NET DoS vulnerability
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/11/2012 12:12 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Exploit code for a recently patched denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability that affects Microsoft's ASP.NET Web development platform has been published online, therefore increasing the risk of potential attacks.
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Updates 01/10/12
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/11/2012 12:09 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft has released the following updates: Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter for x64-based Systems [January 2012] (KB905866), Update for Windows Mail Junk E-mail Filter [January 2012] (KB905866), Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V4.2, Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2631813), Update for Windows XP (KB2632503), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2646524), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2598479), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2644615), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2631813), Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2598479), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2598479), Security Update for Windows XP (KB2631813), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2598479), Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2598479), Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2644615), Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2632503), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2644615), Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2631813), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2646524), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2603381), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2631813), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2644615), Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2598479), Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2631813), Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (KB2644615), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2646524), Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2632503), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2644615), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2631813), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2644615), Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2632503), Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2632503), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2646524), Security Update for Windows XP (KB2646524), Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2644615), Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2646524), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2638806), Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2631813), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2631813), Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2636573), and Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2631813)
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Ramnit worm heads for Facebook
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/05/2012 11:16 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Seculert Cyber Threat Management has done a lot of research on the Ramnit worm and recently spotted it targeting Facebook accounts stealing over 45,000 logins mostly from the UK and France
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Major security flaw found that affects many popular routers
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/03/2012 03:53 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
This week a program was released to allow brute force cracking of vulnerabilities in wifi protected networks
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2011
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 12/29/2011 12:47 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Highly critical zero day vulnerability in Windows discovered
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 12/20/2011 02:30 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
H Online posted a story that a vulnerability in the 64-bit version of Windows 7 may permit attackers to run malicious code with kernel privileges
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Adobe promises Reader zero-day patch on Friday
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 12/16/2011 10:25 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
ComputerWorld posted a story that Adobe plans to release a patch for an older version of the Reader PDF viewer to stymie attacks like those aimed at major defense contractors earlier this month.
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Updates 12/13/11
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 12/14/2011 10:32 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft has released the following security updates: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2618444), Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB2596705), Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP (KB2618444), Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2621146), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2620712), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2621146), Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2621146), Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2639417), Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2620712), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2639417), Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2620712), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2621146), Security Update for Windows XP (KB2633171), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2621146), Security Update for Windows XP (KB2624667), Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2639417), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2620712), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2620712), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2624667), Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2621146), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2639417), Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2620712), and Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2639417)
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2011
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 12/09/2011 01:24 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2011
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Adobe Fixes 12 Critical Flaws in Flash
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/11/2011 05:27 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Adobe has released patches for a string of critical vulnerabilities in Flash on all of the major supported platforms
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Update for Certificate Revocation List
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/11/2011 08:37 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft Leaves Duqu Worm Exploit Unpatched
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/09/2011 10:07 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft released only four new security bulletins for November's Patch Tuesday, but the main concern is that the zero day flaw exploited by the Duqu worm is not addressed by any of them.
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Updates 11/08/11
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/08/2011 10:40 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft Releases Workaround For Kernel Flaw Used By Duqu
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/04/2011 02:11 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft has released a workaround for the Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability exploited by the Duqu malware
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Mozilla, Microsoft Withdraw Trust in Malaysian Intermediate CA
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/04/2011 09:42 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Mozilla and Microsoft said Thursday they are revoking trust in all certificates issued by Digicert, a Malaysian intermediate certificate authority (CA)
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2011
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/04/2011 09:31 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2011
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Duqu Malware: Still No Patch
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/02/2011 06:39 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Malware exploits Microsoft Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability. Installer file is a Word document.
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Update: Duqu exploits zero-day flaw in Windows kernel
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/02/2011 10:05 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The Duqu trojan infects systems by exploiting a previously unknown Windows kernel vulnerability that is remotely executable.
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Security Update for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 10/27/2011 10:16 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft has released a security update for Windows XP, Windows XP x64 Edition, and Windows Server 2003
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BT ordered to block Newzbin2
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 10/27/2011 09:18 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The UKs largest telco and ISP BT has been ordered by the High Court in London to block access to a site called Newzbin2 which the Hollywood movie industry claimed was allowing users to access unlicensed material.
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