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Microsoft to release ANI patch a week early

Microsoft to release ANI patch a week early

Microsoft announced on Sunday that it will release an out-of-band patch to fix a vulnerability in Windows Animated Cursor Handling (ANI) that some security experts are calling one of the most significant flaws in years.
Ericka Chickowski Apr 3 2007 10:13AM Security
Variety of malware attacks Windows ANI flaw

Variety of malware attacks Windows ANI flaw

A worm spotted by Symantec early this week and a proof-of-concept exploit for a fully patched Vista operating system are among the malware attacking the dangerous vulnerability in Microsoft Windows animated cursor handling (ANI).
Frank Washkuch Apr 3 2007 10:04AM Security
eEye releases third-party patch for Windows .ani handling flaw

eEye releases third-party patch for Windows .ani handling flaw

Attacks exploiting a critical unpatched Windows vulnerability were today linked to Chinese hackers and the February cross-site scripting attack on the website of Dolphins Stadium, the site of Super Bowl XLI.
Frank Washkuch Apr 2 2007 1:43AM Security
Red Hat patch numerous OpenOffice flaws

Red Hat patch numerous OpenOffice flaws

Debian released a patch to fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenOffice that open up the users' systems to compromise, Secunia reported on Wednesday.
Ericka Chickowski Mar 23 2007 12:52AM Security
Apple fixes 45 flaws on its own version of Patch Tuesday

Apple fixes 45 flaws on its own version of Patch Tuesday

Apple made up for Microsoft's rare patch skip Tuesday when the computing giant itself released fixes for 45 vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X.
Dan Kaplan Mar 14 2007 4:34PM Security
Experts: Be aware of new Microsoft exploits

Experts: Be aware of new Microsoft exploits

Network administrators shouldn't schedule a nap for the time they usually patch Microsoft operating systems today.
Frank Washkuch Mar 14 2007 7:43AM Security
Microsoft skips March Patch Tuesday

Microsoft skips March Patch Tuesday

Lack of security updates, but no let-up on 'potential and existing' holes.
Tom Sanders Mar 12 2007 1:57PM Security
Apple issues AirPort Extreme patch

Apple issues AirPort Extreme patch

Apple has issued a fix for its wireless networking solution, AirPort Extreme, to complement a similar patch delivered earlier this year.
Dan Kaplan Mar 12 2007 1:27AM Security
Microsoft skips March Patch Tuesday

Microsoft skips March Patch Tuesday

Lack of security updates, but no let-up on "potential and existing"
vulnerabilities.
Tom Sanders Mar 9 2007 8:23AM Security
Experts praise Microsoft's Patch Tuesday format

Experts praise Microsoft's Patch Tuesday format

Convenience of regular updates worth the risk, say researchers.
Shaun Nichols Mar 2 2007 8:26AM Security
Five fixes in latest Apple patch

Five fixes in latest Apple patch

Vulnerabilities highlighted by Month of Apple Bugs project.
Shaun Nichols Feb 19 2007 9:52AM Security
Microsoft releases 12 fixes for 20 flaws - including Word bugs - on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft releases 12 fixes for 20 flaws - including Word bugs - on Patch Tuesday

The wait for Word fixes ended today when Microsoft neatly delivered a single patch to correct a list of zero-day exploits, while also offering up 11 other bulletins as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday security update.
Dan Kaplan Feb 13 2007 10:34PM Security
Microsoft plans a dozen fixes for February Patch Tuesday

Microsoft plans a dozen fixes for February Patch Tuesday

Microsoft is planning to issue 12 fixes in next week's Patch Tuesday monthly security update — the most since last summer.
Dan Kaplan Feb 9 2007 7:30PM Security
Microsoft won't patch Vista upgrade loophole

Microsoft won't patch Vista upgrade loophole

Software vendor relies on consumer honesty.
Tom Sanders Feb 6 2007 1:30PM Security
Apple releases 'highly critical' QuickTime patch

Apple releases 'highly critical' QuickTime patch

Fix available for remote-code exploit released New Year's Day.
Shaun Nichols Jan 25 2007 10:13AM Security
Apple finally releases patch for QuickTime flaw

Apple finally releases patch for QuickTime flaw

Apple has released a patch for a flaw in its QuickTime media player feature - more than three weeks after the vulnerability was discovered.
Fiona Raisbeck Jan 25 2007 7:46AM Security
Microsoft updates Excel patch

Microsoft updates Excel patch

Microsoft re-released on Thursday one of the four fixes it had distributed as part of this month's Patch Tuesday.
Frank Washkuch Jan 19 2007 3:36PM Security
Oracle to issue pre-release patch info

Oracle to issue pre-release patch info

Microsoft-style warnings allow firms to prepare for upcoming patches.
Tom Sanders Jan 15 2007 3:08PM Security
For first time, Oracle announces quarterly patch plans

For first time, Oracle announces quarterly patch plans

Oracle today announced it will offer 52 security fixes in Tuesday's scheduled quarterly patch release.
Dan Kaplan Jan 12 2007 3:54PM Security
Four fixes from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday, but none for critical Word flaws

Four fixes from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday, but none for critical Word flaws

Microsoft released four security bulletins today to address nine critical vulnerabilities in Excel, Outlook and vector markup language (VML) - but perhaps the biggest news out of the security update is what it did not address.
Dan Kaplan Jan 9 2007 10:41PM Security

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