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How to thwart the new DLL hijacks
Earlier this week I wrote in Tech Watch about a whole new class of Windows zero-day vulnerabilities, warning that a wave of attacks would arrive soon.
Updated 'blue screen of death' rootkit now targeting 64-bit Windows
A new version of the malware that crippled Windows PCs last February sidesteps safeguards designed to block rootkits from hijacking machines running 64-bit editions of Windows, researchers said Thursday. “A new era has officially dawned; the era of x64…
Are tribal monocultures the future of software development?
Fans of IronPython, IronRuby, and other dynamic languages on Microsoft’s .Net platform suffered a blow earlier this month with Jimmy Schementi’s announcement that he had left his job at Microsoft.
Heads up: A whole new class of zero-day Windows vulnerabilities looms
Microsoft just released Security Advisory 2269637, warning of an entire class of new zero-day attacks that take advantage of the way many popular Windows programs are wri
Zero-day Windows bug problem worse than first thought, says security expert
An unpatched problem with Windows applications is much worse than first thought, with hundreds of programs, not just 40, vulnerable to attack, a Slovenian security company said today. “It was a shocking surprise,” said Mitja Kolsek, CEO of Acros Securi…
40 Windows apps contain critical bug, researcher warns
About 40 different Windows applications contain a critical flaw that can be used by attackers to hijack PCs and infect them with malware, a security researcher said Wednesday.
Microsoft to release IE9 public beta on Sept. 15
Microsoft announced it will release a public beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) on Sept. 15, a little less than five weeks from now.
Microsoft: Record number of bug exploits expected
Microsoft warned customers this week that a record number of just-patched bugs will probably be exploited in the next 30 days.
Registry hack tricks Windows XP SP2 into installing security updates
People still running the now-retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) can trick the operating system into installing security updates, a researcher said Monday.
Microsoft sets stage for IE9 beta
Microsoft has updated its bare-bones preview of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) for the last time, saying that the next release would be a beta build. Although Microsoft hasn’t named a release date for IE9′s beta, the six-to-eight week stretch between each …
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