Microsoft patches nine vulnerabilities for Patch Tuesday July 14. Among them are two critical security flaws that have come under attack by hackers.
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Microsoft released six security bulletins for Patch Tuesday on July 14,
including fixes for vulnerabilities affecting DirectShow and the Video ActiveX
Control that have been targeted by attackers.
The bulletins address a total of nine vulnerabilities. Three of the
bulletins the ones affecting…
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An estimated 8,800 people displaced by fighting in the Swat valley have left relief camps to return to their homes, Pakistani officials say.
A further 7,200 people are expected to leave by the end of Tuesday and others who have been staying with relatives are making their own way back.
The displaced people from the camps are being taken back in buses and trucks with a military escort.
Pakistani PM Yusuf Raza Gillani said it was now safe for them to return home.
Col Waseem, spokesman for the army’s Special Support Group, told BBC Urdu on Tuesday that the 8,800 people leaving the camps consisted of about 1,100 families.
See a map of the region"By the end of today another 900 families are expected to leave and enter the Malakand region," he added.
He said the repatriation had started slowly on Monday but had picked up pace on Tuesday.
But the volume of people is still far short of the number expected to return in the initial wave.
"A major reason for the slow movement is the registration process," said Mohammad Rum, a field official for a local relief organisation.
"Another reason is that people are using their own transport to get back. They have to negotiate multiple checkpoints and this takes a lot of time."
He said the displaced people were therefore taking irregular routes to return home, thus increasing the time it took to reach their destination.
Displaced people from four relief camps have now chosen to return home, officials say. Most are heading to Mardan.
Those in the camps are travelling on arranged trucks and buses.
SWAT OFFENSIVEThey were escorted by soldiers as helicopters hovered overhead for their journey.
The heavy security showed that despite government claims, the Taliban remain a threat in the region.
The government has said it expects all displaced people to return to Swat by the end of July.
But, relief workers say, that may not be possible as people still have concerns over Swat that have yet to be resolved.
One camp resident, Abdul Kabir, told the BBC: "I am not going back willingly as my children fear the fighting will restart.
"The government say they will not provide me the grant and transportation if we don’t leave now so I don’t have any option."
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Microsoft is warning of limited attacks targeting a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Components. The warning comes the day before Patch Tuesday, which this month is slated to include fixes to a number of critical vulnerabilities.
– On the eve of Patch Tuesday, Microsoft is warning users about a flaw in Microsoft Office Web Components that is under attack.
Microsoft Office Web Components are a collection of Component Object Model (COM) controls for publishing and viewing charts, spreadsheets and databases on the Web. In this…
