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New zero-day Windows kernel vulnerability associated with Duqu Trojan

02

Nov

2011

In the continuing saga of the malware known as Duqu, CrySyS Lab at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics has announced it was able to acquire a copy of the “dropper” from one of the victims. What is a dropper and what does this mean? A dropper is a term used by anti-virus researchers […]

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Patch Internet Explorer Now

12

Oct

2011

Yesterday was Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for the month of October. There were a total of eight new security bulletins–not too many, but enough to keep IT admins busy for a while. While most of the vulnerabilities addressed are not imminent threats, security experts are virtually unanimous that patching Internet Explorer should be priority one. First, […]

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Patch Tuesday August 2011 – 13 updates, 22 vulnerabilities

10

Aug

2011

Microsoft released 13 bulletins today, which is quite large for a summer Patch Tuesday, but only two of these bulletins were critical. There are nine rated important and two rated as moderate. The first critical bulletin, MS11-057, affects Internet Explorer and patches seven vulnerabilities. Two of these vulnerabilities were disclosed publicly and are rated moderate. […]

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Patch Tuesday August 2011 – 13 updates, 22 vulnerabilities

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