Predictions for 2014 and the December 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck

Today we’re publishing the December 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We answered 17 questions in total, with the majority of questions focusing on the Graphics Component bulletin MS13-096, Security Advisory 2915720 and Security Advisory 2905247. We also wanted to note a ne...

Omphaloskepsis and the December 2013 Security Update Release

There are times when we get too close to a topic. We familiarize ourselves with every aspect and nuance, but fail to recognize not everyone else has done the same. Whether you consider this myopia, navel-gazing, or human nature, the effect is the same. I recognized this during the recent webcast...

MBSA 2.3 and the November 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck

Today we’re publishing the November 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. The majority of questions focused on the ActiveX Kill Bits bulletin MS13-090 and the advisories. We also answered a few general questions that were not specific to any of this month’s updates, but that ma...

October 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck

Today we’re publishing the October 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 11 questions during the webcast, with specific bulletin questions focusing primarily on the SharePoint MS13-084 and Kernel-Mode Drivers MS13-081 bulletins. There was one additional question that...

September 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck

Today we’re publishing the September 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. The majority of questions focused on Office bulletins, especially SharePoint Server MS13-067. We received multiple Office related questions that were very similar in nature, so the questions have been...

August 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck

Today we’re publishing the August 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 13 questions on various topics during the webcast, with specific bulletin questions focusing primarily on Exchange Server MS13-061 and Windows Kernel MS13-063. There were 3 additional questions...

EHACK : The Largest Information Security Awareness Marathon Globally

More than 9000+ participants enter the Guinness book of World Records for the largest congregation for information Security. E-Hack, world largest Ethical Hacking workshop was organized by InfySEC at SRM University on July 27 and 28,2013 . The expected participant count was 4500+ but on the day o...

EHACK : The Largest Information Security Awareness Marathon Globally

More than 9000+ participants enter the Guinness book of World Records for the largest congregation for information Security. E-Hack, world largest Ethical Hacking workshop was organized by InfySEC at SRM University on July 27 and 28,2013 . The expected participant count was 4500+ but on the day o...

July 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck

Today we’re publishing the July 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. During the webcast, we fielded 10 questions covering all updates. All questions are included on the Q&A page. We invite our customers to join us for the next scheduled webcast on Wednesday, August 14th at 11...

June 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck

Today we’re publishing the June 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded three questions during the webcast, with specific questions focusing primarily on Windows Print Spooler MS13-050, Microsoft Office MS13-051, and the security advisory addressing digital certificate...

Five Bulletins, One Critical in Microsoft's June Patch

Microsoft announced today in an advanced patch Tuesday notification that it will ship just five bulletins in the June edition of patch Tuesday. Only one bulletin received the software giant’s most sever ‘critical’ rating: it will fix a vulnerability in Windows and Internet Explorer that could all...

May 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck

For those who couldn’t attend the live webcast, today we’re publishing the May 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 13 questions on various topics during the webcast, with specific bulletin questions focusing primarily on Internet Explorer MS13-037 and MS13-038 and...

Microsoft will roll out fix for two critical flaws in Windows and Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released an advance notification of 9 security bulletins that it plans to release on April 9, 2013. Microsoft said it will patch nine vulnerabilities in total and two of them rated critical and that of the remaining 7 as Important. The critical vulnerabilities are remote code...

Microsoft will roll out fix for two critical flaws in Windows and Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released an advance notification of 9 security bulletins that it plans to release on April 9, 2013. Microsoft said it will patch nine vulnerabilities in total and two of them rated critical and that of the remaining 7 as Important. The critical vulnerabilities are remote code...

Microsoft Fixing 11 Vulnerabilities for December Patch Tuesday

Microsoft announced today that it plans on shipping seven bulletins, five critical, two important, for the December edition of its monthly patch Tuesday security bulletin release cycle. The year’s last scheduled batch of patches will address 11 vulnerabilities in all currently supported operating...

Senate Committee to Discuss Do Not Track at Key Hearing

The dram surrounding the Do Not Track specification and its implementation by browser manufacturers is set to continue on Thursday when the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing to discuss whether the proposed specification is strong enough or has been weakened by the digital advertising...

Microsoft Plans Nine Bulletins, Four Critical for February Patch Tuesday

Microsoft will issue nine security updates, four critical, for Patch Tuesday next week, fixing 21 different vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET, Silverlight and Office. Seven of the nine may lead to remote code execution, while the other two may lead to elevation of privilege,...

No Fix for Duqu Bug in November Microsoft Patches?

Microsoft plans on shipping four bulletins, of which only one is rated critical, in the November edition of Patch Tuesday. But it looks doubtful that the company will issue a fix for the vulnerability discovered this week being used by the Duqu installer. The patch is set for release on Tuesday,...

Microsoft Plans No Critical Patches for September

Microsoft plans on issuing just five bulletins in the September edition of Patch Tuesday. The patch, set to come out September 14, will address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, and Server Software. With all five bulletins receiving ‘important’ ratings, this marks the first time in mo...

Microsoft Pushes Emergency Patch For ASP.NET Flaw

Microsoft has released the emergency out-of-band patch for the ASP.NET padding oracle attack, less than two weeks after a pair of researchers discussed the flaw and a reliable attack against it at a security conference in Argentina. The patch for the ASP.NET bug is only available through...