Microsoft Releases New &#39;Critical&#39; Patches
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Microsoft Corp. today released an unprecedented number of software security updates to plug flaws in its products, including seven &quot;critical&quot; defects that it said hackers could use to hijack
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Microsoft Corp. today released an unprecedented number of software security updates to plug flaws in its products, including seven "critical" defects that it said hackers could use to hijack vulnerable computers. -washingtonpost.com
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Microsoft Corp. released two security fixes Tuesday that carry its most severe threat rating, including one that applies even to computers that have downloaded the company's massive security update for the Windows XP operating system.
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In sharp contrast to last month&#39;s barrage of critical patches, Microsoft today offered up just one &quot;important&quot; fix for users to implement in its scheduled round of security updates for November.
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Acknowledging that its patching process has "not been an example of our best work," Microsoft this week issued a second update to security bulletin MS06-042, which was released in August. The original patch included a security vulnerability - and it turns out the fix introduced even more.
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Microsoft Corp. published six security fixes &#151; half of them rated "critical" &#151; in its regularly scheduled software update Tuesday.
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Microsoft Corp. has quietly released a &quot;critical&quot; Windows XP Service Pack 2 update to fix a serious flaw in the Windows Firewall utility.
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Microsoft Corp.  issued  six "critical" security patches on Tuesday to fix flaws in its  software products that the company warned could allow attackers  to take control of a user's computer.
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Six high priority updates, in all Microsoft is to issue four critical security fixes for this month's Patch Tuesday. Three of these affect either Windows Vista or Internet Explorer 7, which the software maker holds out as a paragon of its conversion to secure computing. In all, Microsoft will push six high-priority updates this Tuesday, the company announced today.â¦
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Blog: Critical patches include those for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Mail,  Win 32 API, and the Schannel Security Package.
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Microsoft plans to issue two security updates for its Windows operating system products next Tuesday as part of its regular software patch cycle.The updates were pre-announced Thursday morning on Microsoft&#39;s Web site in order to give IT staffers a sense of how busy they will be next week installing the patches.One of the updates is considered critical for Windows Vista and XP users because the flaw it fixes could be used by attackers to install unauthorized software on a victim&#39;s computer. This update is rated important for Windows Server 2003 users and considered moderate for Windows 2000 users.The second update, rated important for all Windows users, could allow an attacker to run software with a higher level of privilege on a system than would normally be allowed.Microsoft did not provide any technical details on the updates.With just two updates scheduled, January will be a light month by Microsoft&#39;s standards. In 2007 the company shipped 69 software updates, an average of just under six per month.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft will release five sets of security patches next Tuesday, including a critical update for users of Windows 2000,Â the company saidÂ Thursday. With the remaining four security updates rated as "important" by Microsoft, this latest round of patches appears to be less worrisome than the August updates. Last month,Â Microsoft released nine updates, six of which were rated critical. Microsoft rates its bug fixes as critical when attackers can exploit the flaws without requiring any user action. Also set to be patched this month are Visual Studio, Windows Services for Unix, SharePoint Services, and the Windows Live and MSN Messenger software. Microsoft releases its security patches on the second Tuesday of each month, generally around 11 a.m., Pacific time. With this latest rounds of patches, Microsoft will have released 55 updates in 2007, the same number it had released by September of last year.
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Microsoft has released a patch for what it is calling a &quot;critical&quot; security flaw in the way many of its programs handle JPEG graphics files.
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Just one day before Valentine's Day, Microsoft plans to release twelve patches fixing a variety of issues in Windows, Office, Visual Studio, and several other applications. At least five of these patches will be rated "critical."
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Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released 10 software security patches for its products, including seven it deemed critical and that could allow remote attackers to take control of systems running the company's software.
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SEATTLE -- Microsoft released a patch for its latest &quot;critical&quot; rated security flaw affecting its Windows, Office and developer tools software programs, the company said Tuesday.
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Microsoft Corp. today released an unprecedented number of software security updates to plug flaws in its products, including seven "critical" defects that it said hackers could use to hijack vulnerable computers running the Windows operating system.