Panda Security launches 2014 retail line
Panda Security launched Panda Global Protection 2014, Panda Internet Security 2014 and Panda Antivirus Pro 2014. Designed to provide complete protection with minimum impact on …
Microsoft releases critical fixes for IE and Exchange Server
There’s a remotely exploitable, publicly disclosed, critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange (MS13-061)! But wait, is it really remotely …
Windows XP’s approaching retirement will be boon for blackhats
Windows XP, one of Microsoft’s most popular products ever, is scheduled to be retired in April 2014. This means that from that moment on, no updates patching security …
Microsoft to release three critical fixes
The August 2013 Patch Tuesday advance notification includes a slightly higher volume of fixes than last month, but only 3 of 8 are critical, which is down from July’s 6 …
Microsoft gives app developers 180 days to fix bugs
This month’s Patch Tuesday has been a prolific one, and patches for a total of 34 vulnerabilities – six of which critical – have been made available for …
Microsoft to pay up to 150k for vulnerabilities
After years of saying that bug bounties are not the best way to go about getting crucial product vulnerability information in the long run, Microsoft has done an about-face …
Microsoft releases Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0
Microsoft has announced the release of version 4.0 of its popular Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), a free utility that helps prevent memory corruption …
Microsoft patches IE, Office and Windows
For Patch Tuesday this month, we are receiving critical updates from both Microsoft and Adobe. Microsoft has five bulletins, bringing the six-month total up to 51 bulletins, …
Secure Windows desktops by removing administrator privileges
BeyondTrust released PowerBroker for Windows 6.0, an identity management solution that allows customers to take a system’s overall risk into context when deciding what …
Microsoft to release five bulletins next week
Microsoft released advance notification for next week’s Microsoft patch and it looks like we’re getting only five bulletins. We received several comments on what …
Google researcher publishes Windows 0-day exploit
Less than two weeks after Google researcher Tavis Ormandy released information about a new Windows zero-day vulnerability on the Full Disclosure mailing list and asked for …