Category Archives: Warning

Microsoft Announces an Out-of-Band IE-Patch

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Scott

Microsoft plans to release an “out of band” IE patch today to address the Aurora vulnerability. Microsoft announces Out-of-Band IE-Patch http://techblog.avira.com/2010/01/21/microsoft-announces-out-of-band-ie-patch/en/ Old MacDonald Bought the Farm IE IE 0-day http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/2010/01/20/old-macdonald-bought-the-farm-ie-ie-0-day Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-jan.mspx Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Patch Tuesday 2 weeks early

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Scott

Don’t forget to head on over to  the Windows Update page at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and download the latest batch of security updates from Microsoft. This “out of band” set of updates fixes 2 bugs with active exploits available in the wild. … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.5 JavaScript exploit workaround

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Scott

Firefox 3.5 has a vulnerability in the JavaScript compiler that can be exploited by an attacker to allow execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker who tricks a victim into viewing a malicious Web page … Continue reading →

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