Neowin News Feed for: Security updates

Microsoft to now list security updates for Windows 8 apps

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:50:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will now issue security advisories as needed for any Windows 8 apps, including the pre-loaded apps such as Mail that are updated via the Windows Store. Read more...

Windows 8 getting three critical security updates next week

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:57:00 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will release six software updates for many of its products for its monthly "Patch Tuesday" event next week, including three critical security updates for Windows 8. Read more...

Apple releases 31 Security Updates for Tiger & Leopard

Slimy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:49:55 +0000

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Apple Incorporated has released 31 new security-related fixes for both Tiger and Leopard; most of them were geared toward Mac OS X 10.4 as 10.5 was not always affected by the vulnerabilities. The flaws ranged... Read more...

Microsoft: Just a pair of security updates coming next week

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:54:05 +0000

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Security administrators should have a pretty easy time of it next Tuesday as Microsoft says it will issue just two updates in its monthly security software release. Microsoft said Thursday that next week's updates will... Read more...

Microsoft releases September security updates

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:16:09 +0100

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Microsoft has released its security patches for September, fixing known vulnerabilities in its MSN Messenger software and Unix services for Windows as well as a critical bug in Windows 2000. In total, Microsoft patched four... Read more...

Microsoft Readies Five September Security Updates

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:59:08 +0100

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Microsoft will release five sets of security patches next Tuesday, including a critical update for users of Windows 2000, the company said Thursday. With the remaining four security updates rated as "important" by Microsoft, this... Read more...

Microsoft Plans Nine Security Updates for Next Week

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:17:16 +0100

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Microsoft Corp. will release nine sets of security patches next week, including six critical updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and its Visual Basic development software. The updates will come as part of Microsoft's regular... Read more...

Microsoft to release six security updates next week

Slimy — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:19:43 +0100

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Microsoft will release six groups of security patches next week, fixing bugs in the latest versions of Excel, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003. Online criminals will typically e-mail the victim with a maliciously... Read more...

Microsoft Security Updates for February 2007

HoriZon-UK — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:39:00 +0000

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As part of Microsoft's routine, monthly security update cycle, they have released the following security updates for both Windows and Office: · MS07-005 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Interactive Training (KB923723) · MS07-006... Read more...

Oracle now giving early notice of security updates

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:01:38 +0000

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Oracle has taken a cue from Microsoft and started giving its customers an early warning of what they can expect from upcoming security patch releases. On Thursday, Oracle published its first-ever Critical Patch Update Pre-Release... Read more...

Microsoft security updates for December

Tom Warren — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:29:09 +0000

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On 12 December 2006 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates Five Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft... Read more...

Microsoft to release six Windows security updates

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:45:23 +0000

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Microsoft Corp. will release six groups of security patches next Tuesday, fixing flaws in its Windows operating system. The updates will be released as part of Microsoft's regularly scheduled monthly patch release, and will fix... Read more...

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 beta security updates

Neowin Staff — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:44:49 +0100

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Dear WS03 SP2 Beta Tester,Beginning in August 2006, Windows Serviceability will release monthly critical security updates for the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 beta. We will send notifications on the availability of the updates... Read more...

Security Updates for IE7 and Vista Beta 1 Available Now

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:23:32 +0000

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Security updates for Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 and Internet Explorer in Windows Vista Beta 1 are now available from the Windows Vista/IE 7 beta downloads page on the Connect site. Direct links to these... Read more...

Microsoft's April Security Updates

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:00:23 +0100

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Exchange Security Update Summary for April 2005 The security updates for April 2005 include a critical update for some versions of Microsoft Exchange Server. Download: Exchange Security Update ... Read more...

Microsoft: No Security Updates For March

Steven Parker — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 23:13:16 +0000

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Thanks MarcusJClifford for notifying us of this email bulletin sent out by Microsoft. It looks like the security sweepstakes for February have reeped benefits for Microsoft in March, at least, with an announcement... Read more...

Microsoft Issues New Security Updates

lardiop — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:03:03 +0000

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Microsoft has released 5 new security-focused updates for NT-Based operating systems, including Windows 2000 and Windows XP. All updates are labeled as "Important", and should be applied as soon as possible. 3... Read more...

Security Updates for Excel

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:05:37 +0100

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Security Update for Excel 2000 (KB873372) This vulnerability exists because of a problem in the way Excel interprets data from a spreadsheet where certain properties have been maliciously modified. If successfully exploited, an attacker... Read more...

Microsoft Security Updates Alert

Steven Parker — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:47:04 +0000

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I just got my monthly round-up of security alerts from Microsoft in my email and I thought I'd share it here seeing as Neowin is focused on keeping our readership up to date as far... Read more...

3 New Microsoft Security Updates

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Jun 2002 00:02:31 +0100

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Thanks ahodes1 Heap Overrun in HTR Chunked Encoding Could Enable Web Server Compromise (Q321599) Summary Who should read this bulletin: Customers hosting web servers using Microsoft® Windows NT®... Read more...