Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (December 13, 2016): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Windows Uniscribe. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a specially crafted website or opens a specially crafted...
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december 2016
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ms16-147
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Most modern software have tools built in for detecting threats as we browse the web and download files, but typically, we do not get to see them in action. If you would like to see how your Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer and Windows Defender reacts to these types of threats, then there are a...
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Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (May 10, 2016): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet...
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may 2016
microsoft
ms16-051
patch
remote code execution
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Revision Note: V1.0 (January 12, 2016): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is releasing a new set of ActiveX kill bits with this advisory. These ActiveX kill bits are included in the Internet Explorer cumulative update released on January 12, 2016.
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I am very angry right now because I have tried to connect to proxies via proxy over and over again for YEARS possibly, I've looked for so many online tutorials, but it NEVER works for me on my end and I have NO idea why. I really need to use a proxy right now and for it to actually work. What...
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Hi All
I had a weird behaviour opening a xls.
I have on my webserver a repository with some xls (no macro, no formulas etc, just plain text), thoise xls are accessible without loogin to all visitors.
I have a web firewall before web.
It happen that waf spam alert message as LOIC attack, i...
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Link Removed
In May, we announced that Microsoft Edge was saying goodbye to binary extensibility models such as ActiveX and Browser Helper Objects. This change made browsing in Windows faster, more secure, and more stable than ever, while paving the way for better interoperability with other...
Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (September 8, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Skype for Business Server and Microsoft Lync Server. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if a user clicks a...
crafted url
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important
instant messenger
lync server
microsoft
ms15-104
patch management
privilege escalation
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september 2015
skype for business
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I was using the new Edge browser on my laptop today to try to find a solution to a problem and now I have a new problem. I got onto a website that put up a prompt to install some software that I don't want. The prompt only has an option to install the software and when the prompt went up on...
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Hey guys, new member here in need of some serious help! So, I ended up deleting my other account and creating a new one with the same name on my computer. Any browser I'm using, when I choose to save a password for the website, it doesn't save! If I choose "Remember me", it doesn't. I originally...
With Microsoft Edge, we want to fundamentally improve security over existing browsers and enable users to confidently experience the web from Windows. We have designed Microsoft Edge to defend users from increasingly sophisticated and prevalent attacks.
This post covers some of the advanced...
Original release date: April 30, 2015
Systems Affected
Networked systems
Overview
Securing end-to-end communications plays an important role in protecting privacy and preventing some forms of man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. Recently, researchers described a MITM attack used to inject...
I am finding older search terms/phrases I have used in the past appearing on other sites. For example I use Google (with Firefox) to search for something and days/weeks later I am on another site and sometimes when I begin typing in that site's search box, it autofills with search terms...
I keep on getting ads from BrowseStudio and other ad sites. They appear in the lower right, left and lower center of my browser (any browser Firefox or IE). The BrowseStudio also adds a "Related Searches" bar to the left of my screen. I think I this came in when I installed Adobe Flash Player...
Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 12, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server (one in SQL Server Master Data Services and the other in the SQL Server relational database management...
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master data services
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Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 12, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL Server (one in SQL Server Master Data Services and the other in the SQL Server relational database management...
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Revision Note: V1.1 (June 13, 2012): Advisory revised to notify customers that Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, and Windows Phone 7.5 devices are not affected by the issue.
Summary: Microsoft is aware of active attacks using three unauthorized digital certificates derived...
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In addition to today being the security update release, February 11 is officially Link Removed for 2014. This year, we’re asking folks to Do 1 Thing to stay safer online. While you may expect my “Do 1 Thing” recommendation would be to apply security updates, I’m guessing that for readers of this...
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