Stories about: nCircle

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    NSA helped with Windows 7 development 19/11/2009 08:32:00

    The National Security Agency (NSA) worked with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7, an agency official acknowledged yesterday during testimony before Congress.
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    Protect your PCs from Windows 7's zero-day exploit 13/11/2009 10:40:00

    It was a notable accomplishment when Windows 7 was not impacted in any way by the vulnerabilities addressed in the six Security Bulletins released by Microsoft for the November Patch Tuesday. It would be even more impressive if Windows 7 proved invulnerable to the zero-day exploit that hit the next day.
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    Microsoft plans six patches next week, ties November record 06/11/2009 08:10:00

    Microsoft today said it will deliver six security updates next Tuesday, less than half the number it issued last month, to fix flaws in Windows and Office.
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    Microsoft correctly predicts reliable exploits just 27% of the time 04/11/2009 08:13:00

    Microsoft's monthly predictions about whether hackers will create reliable exploit code for its bugs were right only about a quarter of the time in the first half of 2009, the company acknowledged Monday.
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    MS changes tune, says attackers are exploiting new bug 14/10/2009 07:45:00

    One of the 34 bugs Microsoft patched on Tuesday is more serious than it first appeared.
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    Researcher sees Patch Tuesday 'nightmare' 14/10/2009 07:23:00

    Corporate security and network administrators face a "nightmare" task just trying to figure out what to patch and what to let slide after Microsoft issued its biggest-ever batch of updates today, researchers argued.
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    Microsoft delivers massive Patch Tuesday, fixes 34 flaws 14/10/2009 06:09:00

    Microsoft today delivered a record 13 security updates that patched 34 vulnerabilities in every version of Windows, including the not-yet-for-sale Windows 7, as well as in Internet Explorer (IE), Office, SQL Server and other parts of its software portfolio.
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    Microsoft plans monster Patch Tuesday next week 09/10/2009 06:23:00

    Microsoft today said it will deliver its largest-ever number of security updates on Tuesday to fix flaws in every version of Windows, as well as Internet Explorer (IE), Office, SQL Server, important developer tools and the enterprise-grade Forefront Security client software.
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    Apple fixes Flash snafu in Snow Leopard, patches 33 bugs in Leopard 11/09/2009 13:18:00

    Less than two weeks after Apple launched Snow Leopard, the company today issued the new operating system's first security update. In a separate upgrade, Apple patched 33 vulnerabilities in 2007's Leopard, and about half as many in the even older Tiger.
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    Microsoft confirms critical unpatched Vista, Windows 7 RC bug 10/09/2009 06:35:00

    Microsoft late Tuesday confirmed that a bug in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and the release candidates of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, could be used to hijack PCs.
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    Microsoft: Patching Windows 2000 'infeasible' 09/09/2009 07:31:00

    Microsoft took the unusual step today and skipped patching one of the vulnerabilities addressed in its monthly security update, saying that crafting a fix was "infeasible."
 
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