Microsoft security blogger Jeff Jones has an updated vulnerability scorecard out that is designed to compare Windows Vista with other operating system in terms of overall number and severity of security vulnerabilities released. If you need a justification to move to Windows Vista then security is a...
Microsoft released the following security updates today: Critical: MS07-036 : This security update resolves three vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. MS07-039 : This security update resolves two vulnerabilities in implementations of Active...
There were three KB Articles updated today, resulting in one important, and two recommended updates (depending on your version). The "Important" update relates to a revision to Daylight Saving Time. When I looked at the KB article, the change was merely designated as "June 26, 2007Added Windows Vista...
Yesterday I attended a Blogger Breakfast with members of the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing team. Marteen Goet of Techlog.org already posted an overview of the event here . Man, some of you bloggers are fast. Anyway, here's some additional information on the topics discussed during the breakfast: Security...
In the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary , the information below is provided on the updates for May, 2007. Edit to add : The MSRC Blog post on these critical updates has now been published. With the critical updates, I didn't want to hold off this post for that release. The IEBlog published the reminder...
Microsoft released the security bulletins listed below today. Note that MS07-017 and MS07-021 also apply to Windows Vista. Each of the patches repairs a vulnerability that could allow remote elevation of privilege. Critical MS07-017 - Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925902)...
The following Windows Vista updates are available: Update for Windows Vista (KB931671) Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB931671) Install this update to resolve an issue where an error message is received when placing a Windows Vista system into a sleep state while a PPP connection is...
McAfee today continues the public shots taken at Microsoft and Windows Vista by publishing an open letter to computer users stating that Microsoft is increasing your security risk with Windows Vista by not allowing them "Kernel" access. This strikes me as odd, it is like asking me for the keys...