Old pieces of malware can and do learn new tricks. It is the case of the Neeris family of worms, which is following in Conficker's footsteps. In this regard, the Redmond company informs that the authors of Neeris have now upgraded their 2005 malicious code, tweaking the worm so that it can exploit the same Criti... |
6 April 2009
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Microsoft has updated the Malicious Software Removal Tool, a free security tool the company is offering Windows users to fight specific malware, in order to defend themselves agaist a prevalent worm that targets a Critical Windows vulnerability. Back in October 2008, the Redmond company made available an out-of-band ... |
14 January 2009
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First Microsoft, and now McAfee is warning Windows users to expedite the process of applying a patch for a Critical vulnerability in Server Service affecting both client and server versions of the operating system. According to the Redmond company, all supported platforms are vulnerable, including Windows 2000, Windo... |
27 November 2008
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Last week, Microsoft released an out of cycle patch for a critical vulnerability in the Server service which allows for remote code execution. Security experts speculated at the time that new worms would make use of this vulnerability to spread and not long after, such a component was detected in a new Trojan named G... |
27 October 2008
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Microsoft usually releases patches once a month, on a day called by the industry the “Patch Tuesday”. However, the Redmond company released an unscheduled advisory along with a patch for a highly critical vulnerability in the Server service, which can be exploited remotely and allow code execution. Accord... |
24 October 2008
08:26 GMT |
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