This month, 13 is a(n) (un)lucky number as Microsoft released 13 security bulletins to resolve 22 vulnerabilities for today's August Patch Tuesday. This month's bulletins include fixes for reported bugs in Internet Explorer, Windows, Office, and Virtual Studio, among others.
Two of these bulletins have been deemed "critical" by Microsoft, such as that with five undisclosed and two publicly reported bugs in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities may lead to an attacker executing a malicious code on the system. ...
After last month's relatively light security update, Microsoft released 16 bulletins to address 34 vulnerabilities. Nine of these bulletins were tagged "critical" while the remaining seven were deemed "important." The patch release contains fixes for bugs in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer (IE), and Silverlight, among others. Most of the updates also require a system restart, making deployment a possible issue for IT administrators.
Trend Micro earlier worked with Microsoft regarding a vulnerability that was addressed in this release, specifically one found in IE (CVE-2011-1252). ...
Yesterday, I read an article that reported how our counterparts at Sophos "slammed Microsoft" over its reported malware blocking stats for SmartScreen® Application Reputation built-in Internet Explorer (IE) 7, 8, and 9.
This issue was much too interesting for me to not follow up with my own thoughts.
Having also read the Microsoft blog article as well as media reports, I was enticed to run a few checks.
I took a look at Trend Micro's own internal competitive benchmarking results. As you can see ...
Compared with last month's three security bulletins, Microsoft released a record-breaking 17 security bulletins to address 64 publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. This month's release includes patches for bugs in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Visual Studio. It also includes a fix for the vulnerability in Internet Explorer that was uncovered during this year's Pwn2Own contest.
Nine of the said security bulletins have been rated "critical," as the vulnerabilities these addressed could end in remote code execution. Eight have been rated "important," six of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, one could allow privilege escalation, and the ...
The two recent zero-day vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and the Graphics Rendering Engine found in late December and in early January, respectively, have been addressed by today’s Patch Tuesday release.
This month's release comprises 12 bulletins, three of which are rated "critical" while the remaining nine are rated "important." The other bulletins include those that address vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel, Microsoft Visio, Active Directory and Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). A cumulative update for Internet Explorer is also provided, which covers two vulnerabilities, including one reported by Trend Micro ...
