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Microsoft urges firms to apply ‘critical’ security patch for March 2012 Continuing our series of posts on activity in the patch arena, today we highlight Microsoft’s latest critical bulletin which has been issued to urge businesses running Windows XP Service Pack 3 (and later versions through to Windows 7) to apply the update made available […]

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Last week, we advised readers to apply Microsoft update MS12-020 sooner than later. For those of you that have — good work. And if you haven’t yet applied the patch — stop delaying. Ever since MS12-020 was released, there’s been a flurry of activity attempting to “weaponize” the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability. The race […]

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The vulnerability lies in a part of Windows called the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and could allow malicious hackers to run code – without the users’ permission.The security hole affects Windows XP and all versions of Windows released since, including the developer preview of Windows 8. This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in […]

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