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Resolves a vulnerability in ASP.NET that could allow information disclosure. An attacker that successfully exploited this vulnerability could read data, such as the view state, which was encrypted by the server. More...

Resolves a vulnerability that could allow for the elevation of privilege on a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Resolves a vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Office Producer for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 that could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted Movie Maker or Producer file. More...

Resolves vulnerabilities in Windows Task Scheduler that could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logged on to an affected system and ran a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on... More...

Resolves a vulnerability in Windows Media Center that could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user to open a legitimate file that is located in the same network directory as a specially crafted dynamic link library (DLL) file. More...

Resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows that could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted SMB response to a client-initiated SMB request. More...

Link Removed Some of you might have seen today's story by Gregg Keizer of our sister publication Computerworld headlined "Link Removed due to 404 Error" and may have asked the same question I asked. Two minutes? Dutch hacker Peter Vreugdenhil broke into the current edition of the Web browser...

FixShell.exe file released by Prevx yesterday shows nothing obviously malicious. It contains a valid XML manifest, and a code certificate backed by VeriSign. And in fact, on our test system with Sophos anti-malware installed, not only did the file not appear to run any process of its own on...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Microsoft is providing the necessary resources to help lock users with standard privileges accounts from accessing Link Removed - Invalid URL while the operating system is in Safe Mode. According to the Redmond company, all that system administrators need do is...