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Microsoft Give $100,000 Reward for Demonstrating Novel Attack Tactics Against Windows 8.1
Jun 21, 2013Microsoft took a two-year-old contest and turned it on its head to come up with a new reward program that will pay security researchers up to $100,000 for demonstrating novel attack tactics against Windows 8.1. In a broad announcement ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8.1, Bounty Program
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Microsoft Shipped an Emergency Update for IE to Stymie Attacks
Jan 16, 2013Microsoft today shipped an emergency update for Internet Explorer (IE) to stymie attacks that have been occurring since at least Dec. 7. The "out-of-band" update -- the label for a security fix outside a vendor's normal schedule -- was ...
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Microsoft Will Issue an Emergency Update to Patch a Vulnerability in Internet Explorer
Jan 14, 2013Computerworld - Microsoft will issue an emergency update to patch a vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) in the next two weeks to fix a flaw criminals have been using for more than a month, researchers said Tuesday. The company will ...
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Microsoft's Temporary Fix for a Zero-Day Internet Explorer Browser Vulnerability
Jan 8, 2013CSO - A researcher has bypassed Microsoft's temporary fix for a zero-day Internet Explorer browser vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting for a month. The exploit, developed by Peter Vreugdenhil of the vulnerability analysis ...
Tags: Microsoft, IE, Windows XP system, computer
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Attackers Are Exploiting a "Zero-Day" Vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer
Dec 31, 2012Attackers are exploiting a "zero-day" vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) and hijacking Windows PCs that cruise to malicious or compromised websites, security experts said Monday. Microsoft confirmed the IE bug, saying, ...
Tags: Hackers, IE, Computer Products
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Microsoft Released The Technology Preview of a New Security Toolkit
Dec 20, 2012Microsoft released the technology preview of a new security toolkit that uses defenses inspired by one of the contestants of its BlueHat Prize security competition, the company said on Wednesday. The tool includes protection against ...
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Germany's Cybersecurity Agency Urged Users to Drop IE and Switch to a Rival
Dec 20, 2012Germany's cybersecurity agency on Monday urged users to drop Internet Explorer (IE) and switch to a rival, like Chrome or Firefox, until Microsoft patches a new critical bug in its browser. In an alert released Monday, Germany's Federal ...
Tags: Germany, cybersecurity agency, IE, users
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Microsoft on Monday Issued a Security Advisory
Dec 18, 2012Microsoft on Monday issued a security advisory that confirmed in-the-wild attacks are exploiting an unpatched bug in Internet Explorer. The software maker is working on a fix. The advisory addressed the “zero-day” ...
Tags: ie bug, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, patch, security
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European Aeronautical Supplier's Website Is Infected with State-Sponsored Zero-Day Exploit
Dec 18, 2012A European aeronautical supplier's website has been infected with a state-sponsored zero-day exploit, according to security firm, Sophos. Business IT administrators and other computer users should use caution in the light of the discovery ...
Tags: European aeronautical supplier, website, Microsoft software
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Microsoft Says It Is Investigating Reports of a Vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6,7,8,9
Sep 18, 2012Microsoft says it is investigating reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6,7,8,and 9 as well as targeted attacks that have attempted to exploit the vulnerability. The zero-day flaw,which does not affect Explorer 10,was ...
Tags: Microsoft Investigates, IE ZeroDay Flaw, targeted attacks
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Microsoft Launched a Security Toolkit Preview That Includes Anti-Exploit Technologies
Jul 25, 2012Microsoft today launched a security toolkit preview that includes anti-exploit technologies created by one of the three finalists in the company's$250,000 BlueHat Prize contest. Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit(EMET)3.5 features new ...
Tags: Microsoft, anti-exploit tool, security toolkit preview, Las Vegas, EMET
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Mitigation Tool for Enterprises Is Updatad Free by Microsoft
Jun 20, 2012Software mitigation techniques are an important element of layered security for enterprises, says Jonathan Ness, security development manager at Microsoft. Enterprises can use software mitigations to harden the operating system (OS) and ...
Tags: Microsoft, Software mitigation, operating system, Windows OS