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Microsoft Security Patch Release March 2010 Advance Notification
Posted in: Information Security
In February, Microsoft released a massive thirteen security bulletins, after January's single bulletin. This month, there are only two security bulletins expected, at least according to the Advance Notification that they have released for next week's bulletins.

Both bulletins are rated as Import....
Posted: 7 March 2010 01:43

Internet Explorer, Help files, and VBScript - Remote Code Execution Allowed
Posted in: Information Security
Microsoft have recently identified an odd vulnerability that utilises VBScript via Internet Explorer to run arbitrary code, all through seemingly-innocuous help files.

From Microsoft's Advisory, any successful exploit requires user interaction, getting the user to press the F1 key after being pro....
Posted: 3 March 2010 01:40

MS10-015 Issues Confirmed to be Caused by Alureon Rootkit
Posted in: Information Security
When Microsoft released their February Security Bulletins, there were reports that one of the bulletins, MS10-015 was leading to blue screens on rebooting for some Windows XP systems. Advice was quickly pushed out by a number of sources that allowed users to rollback the bulletin and get some funct....
Posted: 23 February 2010 10:03

Anonymous to take Protesting Into Physical World
Posted in: Information Security
When Anonymous first targeted the Australian Government over proposed Internet censorship, there wasn't much of a result, but the second round of attacks had more effect recently, successfully using dDoS attacks to target and temporarily disable several federal government websites. This weekend, th....
Posted: 16 February 2010 12:21

Microsoft Security Patch Release February 2010 Advance Notification
Posted in: Information Security
Following January's single scheduled patch, and one out-of-cycle patch, February is shaping up to be a massive security bulletin release from Microsoft, at least according to the Advance Notification that they have released for next week's bulletins.

Thirteen bulletins are scheduled for release, ....
Posted: 7 February 2010 02:09

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