Microsoft Blames Human Error For Critical SMB2 Vulnerability

Microsoft is blaming human error for the the critical SMB v2 vulnerability that exposed Windows users to remote code execution attacks and argues that it’s near impossible to catch these types of bugs with existing code review tools and techniques. According to a post-mortem of the issue by Redmo...

Microsoft Ships Temporary Fix-It for Critical Vista Flaw

With exploit code in circulation and facing a race against time to fix the SMB v2 vulnerability haunting Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Microsoft today shipped a one-click “fix-it” workaround to help users avoid malicious hacker attacks. The fix-it package, which was added to Redmond’s...

Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB942624)

A security issue has been identified in SMBv2 that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer...