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  1. MS12-034: Description of the security update for Windows kernel-mode drivers: May 8, 2012

    Resolves a vulnerability in the Windows kernel-mode drivers that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or visits a malicious webpage that embeds TrueType font files. More...
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  2. MS10-022: Description of the security update for Visual Basic Scripting (VBScript) 5.8: April 13, 20

    Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in VBScript 5.8 that could start winhlp32.exe that could pass a maliciously modified .hlp file to winhlp32 to run arbitrary code. More...
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  3. MS10-022: Vulnerability in VBScript and Windows Help could allow remote code execution

    Resolves a vulnerability in VBScript on Microsoft Windows that could allow remote code execution if a malicious Web site displayed a specially crafted dialog box on a Web page and a user pressed the F1 key. Link Removed
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  4. MS11-087 - Critical : Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Remote Code Execution

    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (December 13, 2011): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted...
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  5. Untrusted Certificate Store to be updated

    Hi everyone, This post is to notify customers that Microsoft will revoke trust in an Intermediate Certificate Authority, DigiCert Sdn. Bhd. (Digicert Malaysia) in an update to be released through Windows Update. DigiCert Sdn. Bhd is a Malaysian subordinate CA under Entrust and Verizon (GTE...
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  6. MS11-038 - Critical : Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2476490) -

    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (June 14, 2011): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation. The vulnerability could allow remote code...
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  7. Q&A From the August 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast

    Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded six questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. There was one question that we were unable to answer during the webcast due to time constraints, and...
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  8. Windows 7 Free Microsoft Security Tool Goes After Malware That Hijacks Web Searches

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  9. The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps remove specific, prevalent malicious sof

    Discusses the release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool to help remove specific prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows 7 Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows XP. More...
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  10. VIDEO The Myth of the Ethical Hacker

    "From the rise of retro fashion trends, art, music, and literature (as inspired by some great 21st century works of literature like "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and the complete stereo remastered works of The Beatles), I explore the notion of a Hacking Renaissance taking place today and...
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  11. Q&A from June 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast

    Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded fifteen questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. There were two questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer, and we have included...
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  12. Microsoft patching 34 vulnerabilities tomorrow

    According to a news item on the Fudzilla site: Reference
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  13. Mac trojan evades Apple's brand new security fix

    Just hours after Apple updated a security update to protect Mac users against a rash of scareware attacks, a new variant began circulating that completely bypasses the malware-blocking measure. The trojan arrives in a file called mdinstall.pkg and installs MacGuard, a malicious application...
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  14. Researchers cancel SCADA hack talk

    Dillon Beresford and Brian Meixell were planning to perform a demonstration of how to attack critical infrastructure at the TakeDown Conference but cancelled after they were "asked very nicely" to refrain from providing that information. Beresford, a security analyst at NSS Labs, told Link...
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  15. Microsoft: One in 14 downloads is malicious

    IDG News Service - The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious. In fact, about one out of every 14 programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious, Link Removed...
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  16. Q&A from May 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast

    Hello, Today we published the Link Removed due to 404 Error. We fielded twelve questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. There were two questions during the webcast that we were unable to answer and we have included...
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  17. Windows 7 Malicious Software Removal Tool

    Microsoft has released a new version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool, designed to scan for the most common malware. This tool is usually released on the second Tuesday of every month as part of 'Patch Tuesday', but this appears to be an out-of-cycle release. There's a Link Removed and...
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  18. Windows 7 Microsoft has just released an on-demand anti-malware scann

    Link Removed - Invalid URL Download Scanner at Link Removed Microsoft has just released an on-demand anti-malware scanner called as The Microsoft Safety Scanner. MSS is a free downloadable security tool for the Windows user and provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and...
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  19. Windows 7 Extracting USB Artifacts from Windows 7

    Link Removed - Invalid URL USBDeview - View all installed/connected USB devices on your systemView any installed/connected USB device on your system Link Removed The article discusses some of the artifacts that a USB storage device leaves on a system when it has been plugged in, how...
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  20. Microsoft Security Advisory (2501696): Vulnerability in MHTML Could Allow Information Disclosure - 1

    Revision Note: V1.0 (January 28, 2011): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in all supported editions of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a victim to run malicious scripts when visiting various...
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