Microsoft has released four security bulletins for July 2008, two of which are for desktops.
MS08-038 addresses a vulnerability in Windows Explorer and is for Windows Vista and carries an “important” rating. The update includes the original Vista, Vista SP1 and Vista x64.
MS08-037 addresses a vulnerability in DNS and is for Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP [...]
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Apple has released Safari 3.1.1 for both OS X and Windows. I installed it on my two Leopard Macs without a problem through Apple’s Software Update and a reboot was required. It’s also available as a standalone download.
The update includes four security fixes (two are Windows only). One of the patches plugs the [...]
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Another "Super Tuesday" patched this week but I just got around to firing up my Windows VM’s today (actually it’s been about 12 days since I’ve been in Windows). There were ten updates waiting for me on Windows Vista and eight on Windows XP Home, although not all were security related.
This month’s updates included:
KB945553 [...]
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Apple released an updated copy of Security Update 2008-002. The re-release is Leopard only. Apple is typically tight lipped and don’t ay what’s changed. Others have reported that it fixes an Aperture printing problem that was introduced in the first update attempt. This makes sense with what I’ve seen. I have three Macs with Leopard [...]
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Apple released security update 2008-002 for all versions of OS X. It’s available through software update or as a direct download. The list of fixes is extensive and others who have counted them say they number over 40, I’ll take their word for it.
I installed the update yesterday without a problem on my to [...]
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Microsoft has released 4 security bulletins for March. All are for Office products and all are rated critical for one or more of the affected products. There weren’t any OS or IE updates this month. Since I don’t run any Office products I didn’t install any Microsoft updates this month, but these were the [...]
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