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Windows Vista Held Its Own Against .ANI Attacks

Microsoft's latest operating system managed to hold its own against attacks targeting the Windows Animated Cursor Handling vulnerability publicly disclosed as the beginning of April, 2007. Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure Corp. Chief Research Officer attending InfoSecurity Europe in London told the IDG News Service that...

25 April 2007
03:37 GMT

Windows Update Kills Third-Party Applications

Installing an out of band Windows security update may yet prove to be a functionality trade-off that you cannot afford. This is the case of the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017 made available on April 3, 2007, seven days before the scheduled April patch cycle. The security patch is designed to address a range of ...

10 April 2007
04:57 GMT

Insight Into Building a Microsoft Security Update

Have you ever wondered about the evolution of Microsoft security updates? Well, here is your chance to get an inside perspective on the process of building Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017, designed to address the critical vulnerability impacting Windows Animated Cursor Handling. Microsoft managed to make the upd...

4 April 2007
10:08 GMT

McAfee Kills Vista

Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security update addressing a Pleiades of vulnerabilities in GDI, including the now infamous critical flaw in Windows Animated Cursor Handling. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017 addresses the whole range of GDI vulnerabilities affecting Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows ...

4 April 2007
09:42 GMT

When Malware Attacks Windows Vista

All it took was one critical vulnerability and Windows Vista became a true operating system superstar. I am of course speaking about the critical vulnerability impacting Windows Animated Cursor Handling and affecting Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista. The Microsoft Security Response Cent...

2 April 2007
10:46 GMT

Windows Animated Cursor Handling Hole to Be Plugged

It took Microsoft more than three months to come up with a patch for the Windows Animated Cursor Handling critical vulnerability but not until the flaw began being exploited in the wild. On the first day of April, Microsoft Security Response Center revealed that the company would make available an out of band securit...

2 April 2007
02:50 GMT

Microsoft Knew About the Critical .ANI Vista Vulnerability Since December 2006

Is Microsoft moving in slow motion when it comes to patching security vulnerabilities? That seems the case with a recent zero-day vulnerability impacting Microsoft Windows Animated cursor handling. Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista are all affected by the critical flaw that allows for re...

31 March 2007
04:27 GMT

The Wolves Are Prowling Windows Vista Like a Fresh Piece of Prey

The wolfs are prowling Windows Vista, starving for a bite. And Windows Vista is nothing more than a fresh piece of prey diving into the onslaught. The wolves? Symantec, McAfee and Sophos. Yesterday the Microsoft Security Response Center posted an advisory related to a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows...

30 March 2007
11:55 GMT

Windows Vista Suicide, Courtesy of McAfee

Windows Vista, Microsoft's extensively applauded most secure Windows platform to date can be taken down by nothing more than a mere animated cursor. I have seen this piece of news spreading, following a security advisory posted by the Microsoft Security Response Center. But what is the real deal behind this info...

30 March 2007
06:37 GMT




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