exploitability index

  1. June 2015 Updates

    Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 8 security bulletins. We encourage customers to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including the detailed view of the Exploitability Index (XI), visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you...
  2. May 2015 Updates

    Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 13 security bulletins. We encourage customers to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates, including a detailed view of the Exploitability Index (XI), visit the Microsoft Bulletin Summary webpage. If you...
  3. March 2015 Updates

    Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released 14 security bulletins to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange, and Internet Explorer. We encourage customers to apply all of these updates. For more information about this month’s security updates...
  4. February 2015 Updates

    Today, as part of Update Tuesday, we released nine security bulletins – three rated Critical and six rated Important in severity, to address 56 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Server software. We...
  5. Predictions and the January 2013 Bulletin Release

    At the end of each year, some folks take a moment to jot down predictions about what the coming year has in store. I, on the other hand, do not do predictions. I am neither prognosticator, seer, fortune teller, prophet, clairvoyant, soothsayer, nor medium; although I have been accused of being a...
  6. It’s That Time of Year, For the December 2012 Bulletin Release

    Happy holidays! I hope everyone is enjoying the festive season. I like to get my holiday shopping done early, and this year was no exception. In the middle of my holiday shopping last week, as I passed my cash from one store to the next, I was reminded of “Pass-the-Hash.” (My mind...
  7. December 2011 Out-Of-Band Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A

    Hosts: Jonathan Ness, Security Development Manager, MSRC Pete Voss, Sr. Response Communications Manager, Trustworthy Computing Website: TechNet/Security Chat Topic: December 2011 Out-Of-Band Security Bulletin Release Date...
  8. A live BlueHat Prize webcast and the August 2011 security updates

    Hello all. It has been very nearly a week since our Link Removed due to 404 Error at Black Hat. Now that everyone’s had some time to digest the basics, we’ve asked Senior Security Strategist and chief BlueHat Prize architect Katie Moussouris to stop by the Trustworthy Computing...
  9. Exploitability Index Improvements & Advance Notification Service for May 2011 Bulletin Release

    Hello everyone, Today we are announcing changes to Microsoft’s Link Removed Since October 2008, we have used the Exploitability Index to provide customers with valuable exploitability analysis for our security bulletins, and starting Tuesday this information will become even more...
  10. November 2010 Security Bulletin Release

    Hello all. As part of our usual cycle of monthly updates, todayMicrosoft is releasing three security bulletins, addressing 11 vulnerabilities.One of the bulletins has a Critical severity rating, while the other two arerated Important. Recapping the trio: Link Removed due to 404 Error This...
  11. Community-Based Defense: Looking Outward, Moving Forward

    Two years ago, in front of a standing-room only crowd here at Black Hat, we introduced three new information sharing programs as well as the concept of Community-Based Defense. The underlying concept shared by all three programs was simple-collaboration will be key to preventing and defending...