Firm urges users to enable security features
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2013
Allows attackers to gain access to data and install programs
Two researchers from HP demonstrated a previously unknown zero-day exploit in Internet Explorer 11 running on Windows 8.1 during a session of the Mobile Pwn2Own hacking contest
Adobe Systems released security updates for Flash Player, AIR and ColdFusion to fix critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take control of affected systems or read information from servers without authorization
Microsoft has released a DVD5 ISO image file with the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update in November 2013
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2013
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 5.6 has been released
Microsoft has announced that a zero day bug discovered in many versions of Internet Explorer will be fixed via a security patch later today
Facebook and Microsoft are winning plaudits from security researchers for launching an initiative to offer bounties to bug hunters who discover and report vulnerabilities in widely used products
Microsoft Security Essentials 4.4.304.0 has been released
Researchers at network security company Fireeye have identified a zero-day exploit of Internet Explorer on a breached web site
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2013
The unpatched vulnerability in Windows that Microsoft acknowledged on Tuesday has been used by a known Indian hacker group responsible for earlier "Operation Hangover" attacks, security company Symantec said
Hole being hit by targeted attacks from the Middle East and South Asia
Tech giant takes on blackhat community with new bounty system
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October 2013
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.
