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Microsoft released seven comprehensive security bulletins
08.01.2013
The first Patch Tuesday of 2013 started with a relatively normal rhythm.
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Researchers crack Microsoft's Fix It for latest IE 0-day
07.01.2013
Microsoft has announced on Friday that this month's Patch Tuesday will include seven advisories, but unfortunately there will be no patch for the recently detected IE zero-day used in targeted watering hole attacks.
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IE zero-day used in targeted watering hole attacks
02.01.2013
News that an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability was being and has been for quite some time been used in a new "watering hole" attack has livened the otherwise uneventful last week of 2012.
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Microsoft to release five critical bulletins
07.12.2012
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2012 contains seven bulletins; five critical and two important.
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Yahoo! will disregard Do Not Track requests from IE 10 users
30.10.2012
As more and more browser developers add the support for the Do Not Track header to their products, and since Microsoft's decision of making IE10 have the Do Not Track on by default, the discussion about whether websites should or should not accept this particular user request has reached a new level.
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Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.

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.
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