Microsoft released an update to patch 11 vulnerabilities this month, including a critical bug affecting Microsoft Outlook users. – A month after breaking its record for the largest Patch Tuesday
update in history, Microsoft released a much smaller round of fixes
Nov. 9 with just three security bulletins.
The bulletins cover a total of 11 vulnerabilities across Microsoft
Office and Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG). Ju…
An Avnet security researcher reports several security vulnerabilities in major social networking sites that could be used to compromise accounts. – A security researcher recently uncovered numerous cross-site
scripting vulnerabilities in Twitter, Facebook and MySpace.
The social networking sites have patched all the bugs, which were discovered
by Nir Goldshlager of Avnet Information Security Consulting and shared with the
sites a few weeks…
Microsoft has decided to scrap the Kin Smartphones less than three months after releasing them to the market. Microsoft says it will kill plans to start selling the phone in Europe and with work with mobile service partner Verizon to sell the current stock of Kin phones in the U.S. – SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft Corp has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after unveiling the devices that were part of its efforts to catch-up with Apple Inc and Google Inc. in the fast-growing mobile market.
Microsoft said on Wednesday it had canceled plans to s…
Here’s the scoop: BP’s attempt to stop the oil spill using the “Top Kill” method has failed.How do I know?Well, as the New York Times notes:BP officials, who along with government officials created the impression early in the day that the strategy was…
Microsoft upgrades its Producer add-in to block the possibility of a buffer overflow vulnerability being exploited. The company patched the security vulnerability in Microsoft Movie Maker in March, but neglected to update Producer at the time.
– Microsoft has released a new
version of its Producer add-in component to fix a vulnerability previously
left unpatched.
In March, Microsoft issued a patch
for a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Movie Maker that also affected
users of Producer, which is a free, downloadable tool for Of…
Adobe Systems and Oracle joined Microsoft in releasing security updates, fixing a total of 62 vulnerabilities between the two of them.
– Microsoft
wasnt the only company to issue
security patches April 13. Oracle and Adobe Systems pushed out updates to
their products as well.
Oracle
plugged
47 security holes in a massive update, the companys second of the year.
Sixteen of the Oracle vulnerabilities are tied to the Oracle Sol…
You’ve heard that:Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country … possibly sell some U.S. bonds to punish Washington for its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan.You know that China is dumping American assets, unless backed by the…
Concerned over Chinese probes to gain access to Google’s Chinese Gmail account holders, the search giant declares it will no longer censor searches on Google.cn and reconsider even maintaining an operation in China. The announcement marks a major policy reversal for Google, which has previously complied with Chinese regulations mandating censorship of searches.
– In
a dramatic reversal of policy, Google said Jan. 12 it will stop
censoring searches on its Google.cn and reconsider the feasibility of
even doing business there after the search giant reported cyber attacks
from within China aimed at gaining access to the Gmail accounts of
human rights activi…
A fire has started on an oil rig off the northwest coast of Australia that has been leaking into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks. Rig operator PTTEP Australasia said Sunday that no one had been injured and nonessential workers were being evacuated after the fire broke out on the West Atlas rig
Microsoft is issuing 13 security bulletins next week, eight of them critical. In the batch are two critical Windows security bulletins – one for the zero-day in the Server Message Block protocol and the other for vulnerabilities in the FTP service in Microsoft Internet Information Services.
– Microsoft plans to release 13 security bulletins in a massive patch Tuesday update next week.
Eight of the 13 bulletins are rated quot;critical, quot; and the remaining five
are classified as quot;important. quot; All totaled, the bulletins cover 34 vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Windows, I…
Former New Jersey Net star Richard Jefferson bailed on his stunning fiancée — pulling the plug on his posh Manhattan wedding at the 11th hour without even alerting some of the guests, The Post has learned.
The cold-footed forward’s decision…
