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  1. Proof-of-Concept Code available for MS12-020

    On March 15, we became aware of public proof-of-concept code that results in denial of service for the issue addressed by MS12-020, which we released Tuesday. We continue to watch the threat landscape and we are not aware of public proof-of-concept code that results in remote code execution...
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  2. Announcing the BlueHat Prize for Advancement of Exploit Mitigations

    Protecting the general computing ecosystem is a really tough job, and given some of the media headlines, it’s easy to get discouraged and wallow in the problems. It seems like we’re constantly bombarded with statistics measuring the number of bugs, vulnerabilities, or attacks in an...
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