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Tag Archives: Microsoft
“Hey, Cortana, did Patch Tuesday fix a serious lock screen bug?”
This month’s Update Tuesday includes fixes for 50 high-impact vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft faces wrath of developers after GitHub acquisition
Microsoft’s come a long way in the past 10 years, since former chief Steve Ballmer called open-source a malignant cancer.
Office 365 will automatically block Flash and Silverlight
If you are one of the small number of Office 365 users who enjoyed embedding Flash, Shockwave or Silverlight content inside files, time is about to run out on your unusual pastime.
Windows-crashing bug not patch-worthy, says Microsoft
When is a bug not a bug? That’s the question raised by researcher Marius Tivadar’s latest Windows-crashing proof of concept.
Patch now! Microsoft and Adobe release critical security updates
…And the Microsoft vulnerabilities include 0-days. Get the patches now!
Mysterious “double kill” IE zero-day allegedly in the wild
Chinese security company announces Internet Explorer zero-day exploit that’s triggered by Word. So far… that’s all she wrote.
Google Project Zero pulls the rug out from under Microsoft (again)
Google goes public with Windows 10 S bypass flaw after Microsoft misses another patching deadline
Chrome anti-phishing protection… from Microsoft!
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
Hacking like it’s 1999 (oh, and what to do about Facebook) [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest Naked Security Podcast – enjoy!