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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – May 2011

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May

2011

Hello and welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This is very light month -the vendor is releasing two bulletins covering a total of three vulnerabilities.One of the issues is rated ‘Critical’ and it affects Windows Internet Name Service (WINS). A remote attacker may be able to exploit this issue to completely […]

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Keeping an eye on the heap

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May

2011

The Windows heap memory is a rich source of anti-debugging techniques. It can be altered in numerous ways to achieve interesting effects, such as the execution of arbitrary code in particular circumstances. It can also be used in indirect ways, since many APIs allocate and/or free memory as part of their standard behaviour. What follows […]

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Microsoft to buy Skype? What would that mean for security?

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May

2011

If you were paying attention to the rumour-mill last week, you may have heard the story that one of Facebook or Google might well be about to buy Skype.Scrub that story.Today’s rumour is that Skype may be about to be acquired by Microsoft. The Wall Street Journal headlined the deal as “near”, and quoted a […]

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