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Microsoft release four security updates on Patch Tuesday

11

Nov

2011

What is Patch Tuesday? Microsoft provides core platform patches and updates monthly, usually on the second Tuesday of each month. This has become known as Patch Tuesday. What has been fixed this time round? The patch includes a fix for a critical hole allowing remote code execution in Windows. Importantly, this patch is only available […]

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TrueType but not Truly Safe: The New Zero-Day Event

08

Nov

2011

A new vulnerability in Windows, CVE -2011-3402, has been recently identified and is already exploited in the wild. For now, only a handful of targeted attacks have been found. The vulnerability exists in Windows TrueType Font Parsing Engine and affects most Windows versions, including Windows 7. An attack involves a file which has a maliciously […]

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iOS 5 introduces security challenges and flaws

22

Oct

2011

A little over a week since Apple released iOS 5, I thought I would review some of the new functionality and security on the platform in general. I began by revisiting the encryption Apple promises and whether they have fixed the issue that I first wrote about in May 2010. According to the “iPad in […]

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