Microsoft today patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including a critical bug in the company's popular Word program and another already used to attack the ...
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Microsoft will "draw a line in the sand" come April 2014 when Windows XP exits support, security researchers said today, even if millions of customers are still running the aged OS and a zero-day bug threatens the Windows ecosystem. Or ...
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Microsoft has fixed 26 security holes in its software products – including five deemed "critical" – it said in its monthly security bulletin. The critical vulnerabilities affected Microsoft's Windows operating system, Internet ...
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Microsoft confirmed yesterday that the new Office 2013 will not run on older PCs powered by Windows XP or Vista. "The new Office will work with Windows 7 and Windows 8," a Microsoft spokesperson said Monday in an email reply to questions ...
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Microsoft's first-time move Tuesday to update Windows 8 before the OS launches is a sign of the company's continued edging toward practices long held by rivals Apple and Google, analysts said today. On Tuesday, alongside the usual Patch ...
Some security researchers wonder if Microsoft will indeed retire Windows XP on April 8, 2014, as the vendor has announced. After that date, Microsoft will no longer distribute official security updates or bug fixes for the ancient ...
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Apple's refusal to put into writing its operating system support policy leaves Snow Leopard users wondering whether their copy of OS X has been retired, security experts said today. The question "Is Snow Leopard retired?" went legitimate ...
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Microsoft has extended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 months, and again reminded customers that the still-strong Windows XP will retire in April 2014. Windows watcher Mary Jo Foley, a blogger for ZDNet, first reported ...
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Google has put Windows XP users in a tight spot by dropping support for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), analysts said today. The search giant's decision also smacks of competitive pushiness, one expert added, and will be seen by some Windows ...
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Java 6 will be retired from security support in less than two months, and users and businesses should prepare now for its demise, experts said today. Oracle will publicly patch Java 6 for the last time on Feb. 19, 2013. After that ...
Microsoft today announced it will deliver seven security updates, one critical, to patch 20 vulnerabilities in Office, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Windows and other parts of its product lineup. "It looks like an Office month," said ...
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After gathering analysis of targeted attack data collected between February and September this year, Trend Micro found that 91 percent of targeted attacks involved spearphishing. This finding reinforces the company’s stance that ...
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Microsoft has extended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 months. Announced in the latest Microsoft Support Lifecycle newsletter, the extension was triggered by a company policy that requires an extension if the follow-up ...
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Microsoft today said it would update Flash on Windows 8 "shortly," although it declined to set a timetable. "In light of Adobe's recently released security updates for its Flash Player, Microsoft is working closely with Adobe to release ...
Java 6 will be retired from security support in less than two months, and users and businesses should prepare now for its demise, experts said today. Oracle will publicly patch Java 6 for the last time on Feb. 19, 2013. After that date, ...
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