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Tenth Anniversary Patch Tuesday brings crucial Microsoft Explorer fix
2013-10-09 00:11:55| InfoWorld: Top News
As anticipated, the latest round of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday monthly release of security fixes addresses a widely known IE (Internet Explorer) vulnerability already being exploited by malicious hackers.
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Microsoft to patch zero-day IE bug now under attack
2013-10-04 16:37:52| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft today said it will ship eight security updates next week to patch critical vulnerabilities in Windows and Internet Explorer (IE), with the one aimed at IE plugging the hole attackers have been exploiting for months.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday brings critical Explorer, Outlook fixes
2013-09-10 23:24:32| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft has shipped fixes for critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Outlook as part of September's round of vulnerability fixes. Overall this month, Microsoft issued 13 bulletins -- 4 for them critical -- that cover 47 vulnerabilities found across Internet Explorer, Outlook, SharePoint, Office and the Windows kernel. It is an exceptionally large number of patches for any one month, said Wolfgang Kandek, CTO of IT security firm Qualys.
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Microsoft to patch dangerous Outlook hack-by-preview bug next week
2013-09-06 14:09:32| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft today said it will ship 14 security updates next week to patch critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, Office, and SharePoint, its enterprise collaboration platform. The IE update, slated to affect every supported version, from the soon-to-be-retired IE6 to the newest IE10, was at the top of most security experts' lists, including the one crafted by Andrew Storms, director of DevOps at CloudPassage.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: The Ping of Death returns, IPv6-style
2013-08-14 00:10:06| InfoWorld: Top News
Internet Explorer proved to be the biggest security concern for Microsoft in the last month, with the browser spurring 11 of the 19 critical vulnerabilities the company issued in August's "Patch Tuesday" set of software fixes. Such a sizable group of critical patches once again underscores the need for users and organizations to update their copies of Internet Explorer. Their reluctance to upgrade has been a source of ongoing frustration for security professionals, who repeatedly warn of the dangers of unpatched browsers and remind everyone how easy it is to actually update.
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