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Microsoft to end 2010 with massive Patch Tuesday update

Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) has released a record-busting crop of 17 security bulletins for December's Patch Tuesday. Up to 40 different vulnerabilities will be addressed, consisting of 17 "critical"

Installing Microsoft LNK security patch on Windows XP SP2

Users still on Windows XP SP2 and fretting that Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) has stopped releasing security updates for it can now rest a little easier where the recent LNK vulnerability is concerned.

Microsoft issues emergency patch for Windows shortcut bug

Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) has issued an emergency patch this week for a critical Windows bug that first came to light a few weeks ago. The out-of-band security update addresses the .LNK vulnerability

Microsoft withdraws April Windows 2000 patch

In an unusual move, Microsoft has decided to withdraw one of the security updates that was released last week as part of April's Patch Tuesday. The software giant says that this was due to the patch

Mozilla adds vulnerable Microsoft plug-in to block list

Mozilla moved swiftly to put the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant Firefox and the Windows Presentation Foundation Add-ons on its blocklist following Microsoft's release of critical updates for

Top 10 Security Fixes of 2009

Time seems to have flown by, and we're practically mid-way through October. As the year draws to a close, I would like to take this time to reflect on some of the top security highlights this year.

Just one security bulletin for Patch Tuesday in May

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for the month of May is next week, and with just one security bulletin, it appears to be a much easier month for security and system administrators. IT departments should

IE 8: Microsoft's last browser release?

Rumor has it that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 could be Microsoft's last IE release. That's the news that has been circulating in recent days, and the prospect has some in the FOSE community all

Microsoft issues massive security updates

Microsoft has released patches for 26 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Messenger and other software. It is the largest update in 18 months and includes 11 bulletins,

Patch Tuesday in June sees fixes for three critical flaws

Microsoft will be issuing a total of seven security bulletins on the upcoming Patch Tuesday release on the 10 of June. Three of these patches are considered critical, and are to patch