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Microsoft Patches 23 Vulnerabilities in May ... On Tuesday, May 8th, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft issued a new security update for its users, addressing 23 vulnerabilities in various products. Seven bulletins were included in the update, three of which are ra... [read more >>] Microsoft Patches Eight Critical Vulnerabi... On Tuesday, April 10th, 2012, Microsoft released a new security patch for its products, as part of the monthly updates it has been pushing out for the past years. The new security release includes no less than six bulleti... [read more >>] Microsoft Patches Critical Vulnerabilities ... Today, Microsoft started to deliver a new security update for its users, solving a total of 21 vulnerabilities that have been reported in its products. The new security update includes a number of no less than 9 bulletin... [read more >>] Windows 8 Bootkit Demoed on Video Windows 8 was supposed to arrive with a secure boot, but it seems that things might not be like that after all, and the first demonstration of how the User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 8 Developer Preview can be defeat... [read more >>] Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1 Gets a New... Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1 now has a new home, under Windows.com, and is no longer hosted under Microsoft.com/security_essentials. The software giant was completely mute on moving MSE, but then again, the company d... [read more >>] Windows 8 Early Launch Anti-Malware from... Windows 8 includes antimalware by default, beyond what the traditional Windows Defender used to offer, increasing the level of protection for users right out of the box, and as early as the boot process. Already packed i... [read more >>] Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1 Updated ... Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1 has been updated in order to resolve a false positive involving Google’s open source browser, Chrome. At the end of September 2011, MSE 2.1 began incorrectly detecting Chrome as ... [read more >>] Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1 Detec... Microsoft Security Essentials, the Redmond company’s free security solution for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP, has evolved with behavior monitoring capabilities designed to let it identify malicious code th... [read more >>] $250,000 Reward for Info on Rustock Authors f... Microsoft is offering a substantial cash incentive, $250,000, for any information that will lead to the identification, arrest and criminal conviction of the cybercriminals behind the Rustock malware and botnet. In March 2... [read more >>] IE9 vs. Chrome 10 vs. Firefox 4 vs. Op... Internet Explorer 9 offers the best protection against socially engineered malware according to the latest tests performed by NSS Labs focused on European users. The results of NSS Labs’s “Web Browser Group Tes... [read more >>]

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