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Microsoft manufactures ironic failures

Posted February 24, 2011 - 4:57 pm

Microsoft seems to have been manufacturing ironic failures lately.
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It's time to update your Web Browser

Posted April 1, 2010 - 11:53 am

Internet Explorer isn't the only Web browser that's been bedeviled by security problems lately. Firefox has trouble too.
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Mac OS X's Five Biggest Security Fixes

Posted March 30, 2010 - 10:53 am

Got a Mac? Then upgrade it. Now.
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A Quick IE Fix

Posted March 15, 2010 - 1:16 pm

While neither is perfect, Microsoft has released a pair of quick fixes for its latest IE security hole.
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The Microsoft good news/bad news Patch Tuesday

Posted March 11, 2010 - 6:34 pm

Microsoft fixed a bunch of Windows problems. Yea! On the same day a major Internet Explorer zero day vulnerability was revealed. Boo!
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Fixing the XP Patch Blue Screen of Death

Posted February 12, 2010 - 3:40 pm

On the heels of one of Microsoft's biggest patch days ever, some XP users are finding their systems totally fouled up.
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Fixing the XP Patch Blue Screen of Death

Posted February 11, 2010 - 3:43 pm

On the heels of one of Microsoft's biggest patch days ever, some XP users are finding their systems totally fouled up.
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The IE Fix is in

Posted January 24, 2010 - 12:00 pm

First, the good news, Microsoft's fixed the IE bug used to attack Google. The bad news: the bug had been known for months.
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Who cares if IE is patched soon?

Posted January 19, 2010 - 1:56 pm

Microsoft promises that IE will be patched again soon. So what? It will just break again.
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Dump Internet Explorer Now

Posted January 17, 2010 - 7:05 pm

The latest attacks on Google have made it clear. Internet Explorer is a set of security holes masquerading as a Web browser. Get rid of it. Now.
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Update your Adobe software Now

Posted January 14, 2010 - 2:58 pm

Use Adobe Reader or Acrobat? Then you need to update your programs Now.
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Open Source doesn't automatically mean safety

Posted December 18, 2009 - 9:40 am

The recent Firefox security upgrade brought me face to face with someone who thought that their old browser was still more secure than others. Sorry. It doesn't work that way.
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Linux Security Kernel Clean-Up

Posted December 11, 2009 - 5:39 pm

Two significant Linux bugs have been founded and smashed. Here's what you need to know.
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Avoiding the Windows Fonts of Doom

Posted November 11, 2009 - 1:59 pm

Another day, another Windows security hole patched, but don't delay putting the latest patch in for Web font problems or you may be in for a world of hurt.
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Patch and Patch Again

Posted November 3, 2009 - 3:20 pm

Microsoft is always patching Windows. What some people don't know is that they often don't get it right the second time either.
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Is Microsoft abandoning XP security updates?

Posted September 10, 2009 - 3:00 pm

Microsoft really, really wants people to buy Windows 7, so it has long tried to retire XP. Now it appears Microsoft will no longer be releasing some security patches for XP. Coincidence?
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Mozilla slates first Firefox 3.5 patch

Posted July 2, 2009 - 9:13 am

Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser, the company said Tuesday.
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Adobe patches 13 critical PDF bugs in first quarterly update

Posted June 10, 2009 - 8:30 am

Adobe issued its first regularly-scheduled security updates on Tuesday, fixing at least 13 critical flaws reported by outside researchers and secretly patching an unspecified number of bugs found by its own team.
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Adobe will deliver its first quarterly patches next Tuesday

Posted June 5, 2009 - 8:15 am

Adobe Systems will deliver its first set of quarterly patches next Tuesday as the company seeks to improve how it responds to security vulnerabilities in its widely used products.
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Microsoft plans jumbo patch day next week

Posted June 4, 2009 - 3:37 pm

Microsoft today said it will deliver 10 security updates next week to patch serious bugs in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Word and Excel.
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Apple patches QuickTime bug that was hidden in book

Posted June 1, 2009 - 7:13 pm

Apple has issued patches for its QuickTime and iTunes software, fixing critical security flaws along with a bug that was first hinted at earlier this year in a book on Macintosh computer hacking.
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Facing criticism, Adobe rethinks PDF security

Posted May 20, 2009 - 7:50 pm

Blasted three months ago for being slow to fix a zero-day vulnerability in its popular PDF viewer, Adobe today promised it will root out bugs in older code, speed up the patching process and release regular security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
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Free tools help protect users from IIS zero-day exploit

Posted May 19, 2009 - 7:50 pm

Security and patch management vendor Shavlik Technologies Tuesday recommended a pair of free tools from Microsoft to help users protect themselves from a zero-day exploit in IIS.
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New DNS bug and fix announced

Posted May 19, 2009 - 7:44 pm

Domain name registries are scrambling to patch a newly discovered bug in popular open source DNS software that could be exploited for denial-of-service attacks.
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Google's Chrome was 'hackable' at Pwn2Own contest

Posted May 15, 2009 - 3:00 pm

Although Google's Chrome was the only browser left standing after March's Pwn2Own hacking contest, it was vulnerable to the same bug that a German college student used to bring down Apple's Safari, Google acknowledged this week.
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