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Microsoft Security Updates for July 2008

July 8, 2008

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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Safari 3.1.1 Released

April 16, 2008

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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Microsoft Security Bulletins for April 2008

April 11, 2008

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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Windows Home Server Security Updates

April 11, 2008

I don’t have my Windows Home Server set to automatically install updates from Microsoft. today was the day I went into the console and told it to pull down the updates. Even though I tell it not to automatically install the updates the process is unstoppable once I click the update now button. I don’t [...]

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Apple Releases Security Update 2008-002 V1.1

March 27, 2008

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 OS X Security Update 2008-002

March 19, 2008

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 Security Bulletins for March 2008

March 11, 2008

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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Microsoft Security Bulletins for February 2008

February 13, 2008

Microsoft released 11 security bulletins for February 2008, six are rated critical and five are important.  My Windows XP Pro SP2 installation received the following updates through Windows Update:
MS08-010 – Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer (critical)
MS08-007 – Vulnerability in WebDAV Mini-Redirector Could Allow Remote Code Execution (critical)
MS08-008 -  Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow [...]

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Apple Updates Security Update 2007-009

December 22, 2007

Apple released Security Update 2007-009 v1.1 which resolves an issue Safari has with certain web sites. This update replaces the original update. If you installed the original update this will install over it and require a reboot. The update is available through Automatic Update or as a direct download.
I haven’t experienced any actual Safari crashes, [...]

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Security Quest #14: Apple Releases Security Patches

December 19, 2007

Apple released Security Update 2007-009 for OS X 10.4.11 Tiger and OS X 10.5.1 Leopard on Monday. The Apple support article lists 41 vulnerabilities that were patched. Patched components include Core Foundation, CUPS, Flash Player Plug-in, Launch Services, perl, python, Quick Look, ruby, Safari, Samba, Shockwave Plug-in, and Spin Tracer. The update requires a [...]

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Security Quest #13: Microsoft Patch Tuesday

December 12, 2007

Yesterday was patch Tuesday for December and Microsoft released seven security bulletins. There weren’t any Office updates but there were updates for all supported OS’s – Windows 2000 Professional SP4 to Windows XP SP2, and Windows Vista – along with updates for Internet Explorer 6 and IE 7. All the updates are available through [...]

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