software security

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An...

Today we released security updates for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, and Internet Explorer. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released. For more information about this month’s security updates and Link Removed...

A security issue has been identified in a Microsoft software product that could affect your system. Link Removed

It was just over one year ago, May 28, 2012, to be exact, that I transitioned from running active MSRC cases and writing bulletins to my current role managing software security incidents. A lot has changed in that year - and I’ve dealt with some interesting issues during my tenure - but...

I'm going to post this in efforts to help prevent individuals from getting a possible Virus. I've known this for a while now, and the fact is, Digital Signatures may not all be legit. Therefore, not all are to be trusted. It is possible to modify a file and append junk data to EOF of a file...

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...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V2.0 (March 13, 2012): Revised bulletin to announce a detection change that removes MS10-029 as the replaced bulletin for all supported editions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. For more information, see the related entry in the...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (December 13, 2011): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. This security update is rated Important for all...

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Hello, Today we released Security Advisory 2488013 to address a public vulnerability that could affect customers using Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 if they visit a website hosting malicious code. Currently the impact of this vulnerability is limited and we are not aware of any affected...

In November 2010, Microsoft released the first Security Bulletin (Link Removed due to 404 Error) against an Office 2010 component, in this case Microsoft Word. Approximately 6 months had elapsed since Office 2010 launched in May and while it's good for such a widely used product to be available...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Moderate - This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user is logged on with administrative user rights and opens an application built with the...

Revision Note: V1.0 (August 23, 2010) Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is aware that research has been published detailing a remote attack vector for a class of vulnerabilities that affects how applications load external libraries. Link Removed due to 404 Error

License Key verification hi im wondering how i can check if my license key to windows 7 is real and not fake without activate it?

I saw earlier this week that Mininova had to remove some copyrighted material. A check there and at some other torrent sites show that most of Windows 7 is gone except for a few foreign language editions. Is Microsoft getting ready to tighten up on activations? Are the smug people with cracked...

Below is an article written by Ed Bott: Link Removed Over the past couple years, I’ve been regularly checking in to measure whether Windows Vista is living up to its promise of being more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP. (To catch up with previous installments, see October...