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Microsoft to release seven bulletins

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2012 contains seven bulletins, one critical and six rated as important. It should be a relief to many that none of …

Microsoft patches IE zero-day and Flash flaws in IE 10

Microsoft has delivered on its promise and has issued a security update for Internet Explorer to address the zero-day memory-corruption vulnerability in versions 9 and earlier …

Microsoft offers Fix it for IE zero-day, announces security update

Microsoft has released the Fix it solution for the IE zero-day memory-corruption vulnerability that is currently being exploited in attacks, and has promised a security update …

Microsoft issues workaround for IE 0-day exploited in current attacks

Microsoft has issued a security advisory with advice on how to patch a Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability recently spotted being exploited in the wild by attackers that …

WordPress 3.4.2 hardens security

WordPress 3.4.2, now available for download, is a maintenance and security release for all previous versions. After nearly 15 million downloads since 3.4 was released not …

Microsoft to release two updates on Tuesday

Microsoft’s Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2012 contains only two important updates. The two important updates are for Microsoft Visual Studio Team …

Oracle patches Java 0-day, researchers say there’s another one

Oracle has finally issued an update for Java 7 (v 1.7.0_07) which solves the problem of the CVE-2012-4681 vulnerability (which actually consists of two distinct flaws). The …

Twitter announces API update, new rules for developers

Twitter has announced the upcoming release of the newest version of its API and a number of new and stricter rules that have left many developers of apps for its platform …

Microsoft releases nine comprehensive security bulletins

Microsoft released nine comprehensive security bulletins as part of its regular update cycle. At the top of the Microsoft list is another MSCOMCTL related bug. Last patched in …

Microsoft to release nine bulletins on Tuesday

For the second month running, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Advanced Notification includes nine bulletins. This month, five are rated “critical’ and four …

Reuters hack was due to old WordPress version

While the individuals responsible for the recent hijacking of Reuters’ blogging platform and one of its Twitter accounts are still unknown, it has emerged that the …

Google Play updates developer policies to tackle rogue apps

Unlike Apple, Google has never instituted a vetting process for the apps submitted to its Android app store, and is counting on Bouncer – an automated app scanning …

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