WatchGuard Wire

November's Black Tuesday brings Windows and Office updates; three Critical

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:40:26 GMT

Microsoft plans on releasing a seemingly light, six security bulletins next Tuesday, 10 November, including three critical Windows updates.

Microsoft corrects 34 security vulnerabilities on their largest Patch Day ever.

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:28:56 GMT

Microsoft released 13 security bulletins, fixing a total of 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and some components that ship with Windows - eight are rated Critical.

Upcoming Adobe Reader patch will fix zero day PDF vulnerability

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:21:21 GMT

Attackers exploit an unpatched Adobe Reader vulnerability in the wild. Corey shares how to protect yourself from this flaw now, and when to expect a patch.

October's Colossal Microsoft Patch Day Includes Eight Critical Bulletins

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:15:31 GMT

Microsoft plans to swamp administrators with 13 security bulletins on October's Patch Day. They rate eight of the bulletins as Critical. Read on to learn what to expect next Tuesday.

Zero day SMB2 vulnerability soon to have public code execution exploit

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:15:13 GMT

Last week, we told you about a zero day SMB2 DoS vulnerability in the latest versions of Windows. This week, researchers have proven you can remotely exploit this vulnerability to execute code. Read on to learn about the upcoming exploit.

Another zero day Microsoft DoS vulnerability; this time in SMB2

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:25:44 GMT

A greyhat researcher disclosed a zero day vulnerability in the SMB2 service that ships with Windows Vista, 7, and Server 2008. Microsoft hasn't released a patch, but you can protect yourself from this vulnerability. Read on to learn how.

Microsoft Black Tuesday: Windows suffers from TCP/IP, wireless, and multimedia vulnerabilities

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:04:12 GMT

This morning, Microsoft released five security bulletins, fixing nine security vulnerabilities in components that ship with Windows. Microsoft rates all of the bulletins as Critical, and some of the flaws they describe sound pretty dangerous.

Microsoft's September patch notification heavy on critical updates, light on details

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:10:45 GMT

Details are scant, but Microsoft has announced that September's Black Tuesday will see them release five security bulletins on Tuesday 8 September - all updates are rated critical

Zero day buffer overflow vulnerability affects IIS 5 & 6 FTP service

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:47:33 GMT

On Tuesday, exploit code was released for a zero day vulnerability in the FTP server that ships with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), affecting IIS 5.x, and to a lesser extent IIS 6.0. IIS 7.0 is not affected.

Apple fixes OS X BIND DoS vulnerability

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:46:37 GMT

Apple releases another OS X Security Update only days after releasing a previous one. The new update fixes a BIND DNS DoS flaw that primarily affects OS X Server administrators. Click the link above for more details.

Microsoft Black Tuesday: Microsoft patches five Critical issues in Windows and Office

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:35:34 GMT

Microsoft released nine security bulletins, fixing at least nineteen security vulnerabilities in their products. They rate five of the bulletins as Critical and four as Important.

Microsoft plans to release nine security bulletins in August

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:05:37 GMT

Europe may be on vacation this month, but Microsoft certainly isn't. Microsoft plans on releasing nine security bulletins on Tuesday 11 August - five of which they rate as Critical.

Still running Firefox 3.0.x? Patch or upgrade to 3.5.x

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:27:41 GMT

Today, the Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 3.0.12, fixing around a dozen vulnerabilities in their web browser, including buffer overflow and memory corruptions flaws. You should upgrade to the latest version (3.5.1) as soon as possible.

Oracle's Quarterly Critical Patch Update Corrects 29 Security Vulnerabilities

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:53:21 GMT

Oracle released their quarterly Critical Patch Update, providing fixes for 29 vulnerablities found in their products.

Microsoft Black Tuesday: Microsoft fixes two out of three outstanding zero day vulnerabilities

lsseditor@watchguard.com — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:27:53 GMT

Today, Microsoft released six security bulletins, fixing at least nine security vulnerabilities in their products. The updates also fix two of the three zero day vulnerabilities that attackers have been actively exploiting in the wild.