Computerworld reports that some 64-bit operating systems and virtualization software programs are vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks when running on Intel processors (CPUs), the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) said in a security advisory on Wednesday.
Microsoft has released a DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on June 12, 2012.
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases for June 12, 2012
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2012
Computerworld reports that Microsoft announced it will issue an update to its Windows Update to prevent copy-cat hackers from duplicating Flame's feat of infecting fully-patched PCs by faking the service.
German security firm Avira yesterday issued a service pack for its antivirus software that crippled an unknown number of Windows machines, with one customer calling the gaffe "catastrophic" to his company.
Here a roundup of all 46 Microsoft security updates
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2012
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2012
Microsoft says it has fixed a bug within its Hotmail email service, which had allowed hackers to easily reset passwords and take control of accounts
The Conficker malware still resides on millions of PCs worldwide, according to research from Microsoft
Microsoft has released an ISO image with all security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on April 10, 2012
Microsoft has released 33 updates
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for April 2012
Threatpost takes another look at the MS12-020 RDP Code Leak
Microsoft said that it has not seen any evidence that hackers have figured out a way to take advantage of a critical vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that the company disclosed and patched on Tuesday.
Only one of the six Patch Tuesday security bulletins is rated Critical, but according to security experts it is more urgent than run-of-the-mill "Critical" patches from Microsoft.
Microsoft has released an ISO image with all security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on March 13, 2012.
Microsoft has released 30 security updates
If you keep an eye on the updates Windows installs, you may notice the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool appearing every month. It removes some malware programs, but only a few -- it doesn't replace the need for an antivirus.
