Microsoft to fix IE zero-day bug today with security patch
Microsoft has announced that a zero day bug discovered in many versions of Internet Explorer will be fixed via a security patch later today
Security researchers laud Microsoft, Facebook bug bounty programs
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
New IE zero-day attack reported
Researchers at network security company Fireeye have identified a zero-day exploit of Internet Explorer on a breached web site
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2013
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2013
'Operation Hangover' hackers exploit latest Windows zero-day
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
Microsoft releases workaround fix for Office, Lync and Windows Server exploit
Hole being hit by targeted attacks from the Middle East and South Asia
Microsoft offers bug hunters $100,000 for early attack alerts
Tech giant takes on blackhat community with new bounty system
Google will pay open source vulnerability finders
Google is going to start paying the security community for discovering open source software vulnerabilities and will pay bug bounty rewards up to $3,133.7
Microsoft pays out $28K to IE bug hunters in its first-ever bounty program
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.
Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player
Microsoft has released an update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows 8/8.1 and Server 2008/R2
70 percent of business users vulnerable to latest Internet Explorer Zero-Day
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.
Latest iOS 7 bug allows calls to be made from a locked iPhone
An iOS 7 user has discovered a worrying security flaw within the software, which enables calls to be made while the iPhone is locked
Microsoft issues fix to stop active attacks exploiting serious IE bug
Temporary "fix it" plugs remote execution hole being used in targeted attacks.
Microsoft Security Updates 10/09/13 #2
Microsoft has published the second round of today's security updates:
Microsoft Security Updates 10/09/13
Here a roundup of today's Microsoft security updates:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2013
Microsoft published the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2013
New York Times and Twitter DNS registrar hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
The domain name servers of the New York Times, Twitter and Huffington Post UK have been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army
Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases for August 27, 2013
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases for August 27, 2013
Microsoft will craft XP patches after April '14, but not for you
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 cash in when XP is retired
Hackers may bank their Windows XP zero-day exploits and cash them in after Microsoft stops patching the aged operating system next April.
