Computerworld posted a news story that Microsoft this week urged users to keep an oft-criticized Windows security feature turned on, even as it said that more malware is disabling the tool.
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2011
Computerworld reports that Microsoft today launched a $250,000 contest for researchers who develop defensive security technologies that deal with entire classes of exploits.
PC World posted a news story that security vendor McAfee published a detailed report on Tuesday about a hacking group that penetrated 72 companies and organizations in 14 countries since 2006
Neowin.net posted a news story that a report from Avast Software shows that rootkit infections are highest on Windows XP
Microsoft has updated the following security bulletins: MS11-027 - Critical: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (2508272) - Version:1.1 and MS09-035 - Moderate: Vulnerabilities in Visual Studio Active Template Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (969706) - Version:3.1
Microsoft updated security bulletin MS11-056 Vulnerabilities in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2507938)
V3.co.uk reports that NSS Labs test highlights the IE9 browser as the safest by a wide margin
Microsoft has released an ISO image file with the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on July 12, 2011.
Microsoft just published this month security bulletins
A new version of AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2011 is available
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2011
Threatpost reports that machines infected with the Rustock-related malware are now less than half the size that it was before the takedown in March.
Microsoft has updated security bulletin MS11-046 - Important: Vulnerability in Ancillary Function Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2503665) to version 1.1
Microsoft is telling Windows users that they'll have to reinstall the operating system if they get infected with a new rootkit that hides in the machine's boot sector.
Microsoft updated the following security bulletins: MS11-049 - Important: Vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Editor Could Allow Information Disclosure (2543893) - Version:1.3, MS11-043 - Critical: Vulnerability in SMB Client Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2536276) - Version:1.1, and MS11-028 - Critical: Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2484015) - Version:2.2.
Security experts are warning that a recently patched critical flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is already being exploited in the wild
Online attacks are increasingly being carried out by multi-function exploit kits, according to research by Web security firm zSclare.
Adobe has switched on silent updating for its popular Reader PDF viewer, the company announced Tuesday.
Microsoft updated the following two security bulletins: MS11-051 - Important: Vulnerability in Active Directory Certificate Services Web Enrollment Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2518295) and MS11-049 - Important: Vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Editor Could Allow Information Disclosure (2543893)
A new version of Norman Malware Cleaner is available. Norman Malware Cleaner is a Norman program utility that may be used to detect and remove specific malicious software (malware).
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 06.15.2011 has been released. Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a utility designed to remove all types of threats from computers.
Microsoft has released the following security updets: Security Update for Microsoft InfoPath 2010 (KB2510065), 64-Bit Edition, Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB2541012), Security Update for Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 (KB2510061), Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB2541007), Security Update for Microsoft Silverlight (KB2512827), Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (KB2494112), Security Update for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (KB2494096), Security Update for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (KB2494089), Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 (KB2494120), Security Update for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM (KB2494088), Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 (KB2494123), Security Update for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM (KB2494086), Security Update for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (KB2494094), Security Update for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (KB2494100), Security Update for SQL Server 20085 (KB2546869), Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (KB2494113), Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP (KB2544521), Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2544521), Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2544521), Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2544521), Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2536276), Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2544521), Security Update for Windows XP (KB2544893), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2525694), Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2525694), Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (KB2536276), Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2008 (KB2544521), Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2544521), Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2544893), and Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2525694)
Microsoft today credited a February security update for lowering AutoRun-abusing malware infection rates on Windows XP and Vista by as much as 82% since the start of the year.
Report says Security Essentials is most popular due to offering via Windows Update
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2011
Rootkit writers have outfoxed Windows 64-bit PatchGuard protection, Kaspersky Lab reports.
A new version of Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool has been released. Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a utility designed to remove all types of threats from computers. Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool uses the effective detection algorithms realized in Kaspersky Anti-Virus and AVZ.
The old rule of "Don't Open Attachments" isn't enough to protect you from phishing attacks anymore. Here's more up-to-date advice.
Kaspersky Rescue Disk 06.03.2011 has been released
A fully patched Windows environment is harder to hack than it used to be -- and end-users remain the weakest security link
Java exploits predominate, including some still successfully targeting bugs from 2008.
IObit Malware Fighter 1.0 Final has been released
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.51.0 has been released
A newly discovered cookiejacking flaw has been found to affect all supported versions of Internet Explorer on every version of Windows.
Microsoft today downplayed the threat posed by an unpatched vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer (IE) that an Italian researchers has shown can be exploited to hijack people's online identities.
Security experts at Symantec are warning that spammers are building their own URL shortening services
Microsoft has patched a zero-day flaw in its Hotmail email service which hackers were using to steal emails and details of the victims' contacts, according to researchers at security firm Trend Micro.
Just a couple of weeks after the source code for the Zeus crimeware kit turned up on the Web, the Black Hole exploit kit now appears to be available for download for free, as well.
Microsoft's claims that Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) blocks attacks just don't add up, a security researcher charged Friday.
Security researchers have come across a new rootkit that is designed specifically to infect 64-bit Windows systems and steal users' online banking credentials.
Microsoft has released a new version of its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, a free download that gives IT staffs the ability to better defend against exploit attempts.
One in every 14 downloads turns out to be malicious, according to Microsoft data collected from new filtering technology built into its IE9 browser software.
Microsoft updated MS11-036 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2545814) to version 1.1
Microsoft updated MS11-018 - Critical: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer to version 2.0
Scammers are trying to trick Windows users into paying to fix bogus hard drive errors that have apparently erased important files, a researcher said today.
Google has released an updated version of its Chrome browser, which includes fixes for two security vulnerabilities as well as a new version of the Adobe Flash player.
Microsoft has released the following security updates: Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2524426), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2524426), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2524426), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2524426), Security Update for Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2524426), Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2524426), Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (KB2535802), Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (KB2535812), Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB2535818), and Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2540162)
Attackers are using Google image search to distribute malicious code.
Although Microsoft has patched multiple DLL load hijacking vulnerabilities since last summer, Windows and Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) can still be exploited, a security company warned today.
