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Microsoft’s “Black” Patch Tuesday

Scott — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:07:27 +0000

A new year and a new set of Microsoft security updates no thanks to another fun installment of Microsoft â€œPatch Tuesday.â€ This month we see Microsoft offering an “important” fix for a multilingual version of Office 2003, a critical Outlook patch, a critical Excel patch and lastly, a critical vector markup language patch.

The following is a list of what new goodies our faithful friend, Microsoft, has removed from their big bag of presents:

MS07-001: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003 Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Checker Could Allow Remote Code Execution.
KB Number: 921585
Severity: Important

MS07-002: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution.
KB Number: 927198
Severity: Critical

MS07-003: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Remote Code Execution.
KB Number: 925938
Severity: Critical

MS07-004: Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution.
KB Number: 929969
Severity: Critical

I highly recomment that these patches be installed once they have been delivered to you via Microsoftâ€™s automatic update service. If, for whatever reason, you do not see them show up anytime soon then I strongly recommend that you force-check for new updates. Once prompted to install these security patches then do so immediately.

What will February have in store for Windows users across the world? Only time will tell!

Absence, New Theme

Scott — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:18:17 +0000

Sorry for the absense over the course of the last week. I halted posting while updating the site theme to something more personal, easier on the eyes and just all around better. Enjoy the new theme and look forward to a slew of new posts to start appearing.

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 Released

Scott — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:40:31 +0000

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 released in order to address a number of security issues. Update immediately, just to be on the safe side.

Symantec Posts Patch for Anti-Virus Vulnerability

Scott — Sun, 28 May 2006 01:49:36 +0000

Symantec has posted a patch to correct the huge anti-virus client vulnerability that I previously reported on. The fix is apparently a manually installable one as opposed to being pushed out through Symantec’s LiveUpdate service. Looks like this upcoming Tuesday will be a busy day for many system administrators, as they work extra hard to secure their network from this exploit.

OSX Security Update 2006-003

Scott — Mon, 15 May 2006 05:49:06 +0000

Apple’s OSX Security Update 2006-003 fixes approximately 25 different security flaws found in a variety of Apple software. If you are an OSX user then it is suggested that you apply the update immediately, even though there are no known exploits in the wild.