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Microsoft releases nine security bulletins
10.07.2012
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2012 contains nine security bulletins addressing 16 CVEs.
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Microsoft to release nine bulletins
06.07.2012
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2012 contains nine bulletins, with three listed as “critical” and six listed as “important.” Many are expecting a patch for CVE-2012-1889: a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services, which is currently being exploited in the wild.
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Microsoft fixes 28 security bugs
12.06.2012
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2012 contains 7 bulletins addressing 28 security bugs.
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Microsoft to release seven bulletins next week
08.06.2012
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2012 lists seven bulletins, three of which are rated “critical” and four “important.” The three critical alerts all allow attackers to remotely execute code.
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Top 10 patching hurdles and how to overcome them
23.05.2012
Patching is the most effective, efficient and simple method to mitigate malware, worms and viruses.
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Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal
Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

Application vulnerabilities still a top security concern
Posted on 16 May 2013. | Respondents to a new (ISC)2 study identified application vulnerabilities as their top security concern. A significant gap persists between software developers’ priorities and security professionals’ concerns.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Hacking charge stations for electric cars
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Ofer Shezaf talks about what charge stations really are, why they have to be ‘smart’ and the potential risks created to the grid, to the car and most importantly to its owner’s privacy and safety.

Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?
Posted on 15 May 2013. | The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.
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