Category: Security

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2013

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2012 This advance notification provides a number as the bulletin identifier, because the official Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers are not issued until release. The bulletin summary that replaces this advance notification will have the proper Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the bulletin identifier.The following …

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Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Internet Explorer could allow information disclosure

Microsoft is investigating public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10 are not affected by the vulnerability. Microsoft is aware of targeted attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer 8. Applying the Microsoft Fix it solution, “MSHTML …

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Windows 8 Security Features – Part 4 of 4

This post is part 4 of 4 about the new security features in Windows 8. This 4 part post is based on the “Protect your PC” section of the getting to know Windows 8 Site on Microsoft’s website: Lock up your data using BitLocker Drive Encryption You can encrypt—or “scramble”—data on your PC using BitLockerDrive …

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