Microsoft paid more than $28,000 in rewards to researchers for its first bug bounty program, a one-month special it ran during the summer for the preview version of Internet Explorer 11.
Microsoft has released an update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows 8/8.1 and Server 2008/R2
According to Microsoft, a zero day flaw in Internet Explorer (IE), which impacts all versions of the browser, is being actively exploited in the wild. Reports of exploitation, according to Microsoft, seem to have criminals focused on IE versions 8 and 9.
Temporary "fix it" plugs remote execution hole being used in targeted attacks.
Microsoft has published the second round of today's security updates:
Here a roundup of today's Microsoft security updates:
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2013
The domain name servers of the New York Times, Twitter and Huffington Post UK have been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases for August 27, 2013
Just because Microsoft doesn't plan on giving Windows XP patches to the public after April 8, 2014, doesn't mean it's going to stop making those patches.
Hackers may bank their Windows XP zero-day exploits and cash them in after Microsoft stops patching the aged operating system next April.
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Re-Releases for August 19, 2013
Microsoft warned Windows XP customers that they face never-patched, never-dead "zero-day" vulnerabilities if they don't dump the 12-year-old operating system before its April 2014 retirement.
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Re-Releases for August 13, 2013
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Summary for August 2013
V3 reports that vulnerability laboratory researchers discovered a flaw in Microsoft Yammer open authorisation procedures
Microsoft has released Microsoft Security Essentials 4.3.216.0. Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home or small business PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
Microsoft this week said a pair of vulnerabilities, including one publicly disclosed by a Google security engineer in May, had been exploited in the wild before they were patched on Tuesday.
Microsoft just released 69 updates
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2013
