As mentioned in Octobers Advance notification post this month’s security bulletin releases are now confirmed to contain 8 bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities. The following table shows affected software by bulletin and the likelihood of an Operating System restart being required and hence impacting on services provided: Bulletin ID Bulletin Title and Executive Summary Maximum Severity [...]

This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for October 2011, sees the release of 8 bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities. Bulletin Breakdown: 2 bulletins are rated Critical, 6 are Important 6 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution 1 vulnerability can lead to Elevation of Privilege 1 vulnerability can lead to Denial of Service The following table summarises the security [...]

As mentioned in September’s Advance notification post this month’s security bulletin releases are now confirmed to contain 5 bulletins addressing 15 vulnerabilities, all of which have an important rating. Microsoft has recommended for all security updates to be installed asap. The following table shows affected software by bulletin and the likelihood of an Operating System [...]

This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for September 2011, sees the release of 5 bulletins addressing 15 vulnerabilities: Bulletin Breakdown: All 5 bulletins are rated Important 3 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution 2 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege The following table summarises the security bulletins for this month in order of severity. Bulletin ID [...]

In July, DigiNotar, a Dutch company that supplies security certificates, had their servers hacked. As a result more than 500 SSL certificates were stolen and fake ones put in their place. Among the certificates stolen were ones belonging to intelligence services and to Google. DigiNotar was not aware of the hack for a month and [...]

Apple’s new cloud storage and service platform iCloud will be powered by Microsoft Azure and Amazon’s AWS according to Microsoft sources. The source, who is apparently ‘close to Microsoft’, told the Register that neither Microsoft nor Amazon can confirm the deal because both parties have signed a non-disclosure agreement. If the rumours prove to be [...]

Microsoft is looking to crack one of the key problems in cloud hosting; keeping data secure. Even though the technology offers many advantages, data security is one issue that is putting some companies off switching to the cloud. The team at Microsoft, however, has developed a technique that enables organisations to perform analysis on encrypted data without having [...]

As mentioned in August’s  Advance notification post this month’s security bulletin releases are now confirmed to contain 13 bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities, two of which have a critical rating. Microsoft has recommended for all security updates to be installed asap. The following table shows affected software by bulletin and the likelihood of an Operating System [...]

This ‘Patch Tuesday’ for August 2011, sees the release of 13 bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities: Bulletin Breakdown: 2 bulletins are rated Critical 9 bulletins are rated Important 2 bulletins are rated Moderate 4 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution 3 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege 3 vulnerabilities can lead to Denial of [...]

At the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in LA this week, Microsoft revealed that its strategy for the next year is focused around cloud computing. The announcement will come as little surprise to many as Microsoft has been moving further into cloud technologies more and more over the past five years and few could forget last [...]