The company initially released protection against improper certificates issued by the French government certificate authority without support for XP and Server 2003, but have now come through.
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December 2013
Firm urges users to enable security features
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2013
Allows attackers to gain access to data and install programs
Two researchers from HP demonstrated a previously unknown zero-day exploit in Internet Explorer 11 running on Windows 8.1 during a session of the Mobile Pwn2Own hacking contest
Adobe Systems released security updates for Flash Player, AIR and ColdFusion to fix critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take control of affected systems or read information from servers without authorization
Microsoft has released a DVD5 ISO image file with the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update in November 2013
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2013
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 5.6 has been released
Microsoft has announced that a zero day bug discovered in many versions of Internet Explorer will be fixed via a security patch later today
Facebook and Microsoft are winning plaudits from security researchers for launching an initiative to offer bounties to bug hunters who discover and report vulnerabilities in widely used products
Microsoft Security Essentials 4.4.304.0 has been released
Researchers at network security company Fireeye have identified a zero-day exploit of Internet Explorer on a breached web site
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2013
The unpatched vulnerability in Windows that Microsoft acknowledged on Tuesday has been used by a known Indian hacker group responsible for earlier "Operation Hangover" attacks, security company Symantec said
Hole being hit by targeted attacks from the Middle East and South Asia
Tech giant takes on blackhat community with new bounty system
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October 2013
Microsoft paid more than $28,000 in rewards to researchers for its first bug bounty program, a one-month special it ran during the summer for the preview version of Internet Explorer 11.
Microsoft has released an update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows 8/8.1 and Server 2008/R2
According to Microsoft, a zero day flaw in Internet Explorer (IE), which impacts all versions of the browser, is being actively exploited in the wild. Reports of exploitation, according to Microsoft, seem to have criminals focused on IE versions 8 and 9.
Temporary "fix it" plugs remote execution hole being used in targeted attacks.
Microsoft has published the second round of today's security updates:
Here a roundup of today's Microsoft security updates:
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2013
The domain name servers of the New York Times, Twitter and Huffington Post UK have been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases for August 27, 2013
Just because Microsoft doesn't plan on giving Windows XP patches to the public after April 8, 2014, doesn't mean it's going to stop making those patches.
Hackers may bank their Windows XP zero-day exploits and cash them in after Microsoft stops patching the aged operating system next April.
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Re-Releases for August 19, 2013
Microsoft warned Windows XP customers that they face never-patched, never-dead "zero-day" vulnerabilities if they don't dump the 12-year-old operating system before its April 2014 retirement.
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Re-Releases for August 13, 2013
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Summary for August 2013
V3 reports that vulnerability laboratory researchers discovered a flaw in Microsoft Yammer open authorisation procedures
Microsoft has released Microsoft Security Essentials 4.3.216.0. Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home or small business PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
Microsoft this week said a pair of vulnerabilities, including one publicly disclosed by a Google security engineer in May, had been exploited in the wild before they were patched on Tuesday.
Microsoft just released 69 updates
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2013
Microsoft has published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases for June 25, 2013
The personal account information including emails and phone numbers of 6m Facebook users were exposed by a security bug, the social network admitted last night.
Redmond finally joins Google, Mozilla, by offering cash rewards for security flaws.
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2013
Microsoft has released the following 44 security updates
Microsoft has released Malicious Software Removal Tool 5.1
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2013
Network of infected computers was used to steal online banking credentials
12,000 IP addresses across 100 countries are linked to advanced persistent threat
Microsoft has released a DVD5 ISO image file with the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on May 14, 2013.
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2013