Critical Patch
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Experts: Don't rely solely on patches
News Following unresolved ActiveX vulnerability in Internet Explorer, security experts say users should take extra precaution and not rely on critical patches alone.
Tags: PC security, Security implementation/standards, Web browsers, Security, Hole, Web Browser, software company, Patch, malicious attack, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Windows glitches to get fixes
Insight Microsoft plans to fix bumper crop of flaws--including critical Windows problem--in scheduled monthly update.
Tags: windows alerts
Attack code out for Oracle database
News Computer code takes advantage of one of the dozens of flaws Oracle provided fixes for this week.
Tags: Data security, Hacking, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Databases
Oracle fixes 33 security bugs
News Oracle has released fixes for 33 security flaws that affect hundreds of products across its range.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Authentication and encryption, Business security, Authentication, Security, Database, critical patch, patch management, BEA Systems Inc.
Microsoft to fix six critical flaws on Patch Tuesday
News For the last Patch Tuesday of the year, Microsoft expects to patch flaws in Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, Windows Media Center, and SharePoint, among others.
Tags: Security applications/tools, Security Management, Databases, Remote management, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Flaw, critical patch, Microsoft Windows Media Center, security bulletin
Microsoft to issue 11 security patches on Tuesday
News Starting next week, company is expected to also provide an "exploitability index" to help system administrators prioritize the patches.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Security, Microsoft Host Integration Server, software company, critical patch, security bulletin, software
Microsoft fixes critical holes in Windows, Word, Publisher
News Company's Patch Tuesday release includes fixes for six vulnerabilities, including some critical ones.
Tags: Security, Personal applications, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Zero-day Bug, Vulnerability, operating system, critical patch, malicious program
Microsoft patches critical hole in Windows kernel
News November's Patch Tuesday features fixes for holes in Windows, Excel, and Word, and a critical one affecting the Windows kernel that could be used in drive-by download attacks on Web surfers.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Office, Security, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, Apple Macintosh, antivirus, patch management
Office, Windows get critical patches
News Software maker releases nine patches in this month's Patch Tuesday, many of them related to ActiveX controls.
Tags: Network security, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Windows, Lumension Security Inc., Vulnerability, remote desktop, computer, Server, critical patch, patch management
Microsoft offers patches to ward off ActiveX attacks
News In rare out-of-cycle security update, Microsoft fixes hole that put IE users at risk of attacks via ActiveX and other controls.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Security, Vulnerability, Attack, Web Application, Microsoft Internet Explorer, patch management, researcher, Microsoft Visual Studio
Survey: Most Oracle professionals don't patch
News Two-thirds of Oracle Database professionals are not applying critical patches, security company Sentrigo has found.
Tags: App servers, Databases, Customer resource management (CRM), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Web servers, Supply chain management (SCM)
Oracle plugs 65 security holes
Techguide July patch update includes fixes for flaws, many serious, across the company's database and business products.
Oracle releases critical patch update
News The database company has released 45 security fixes for numerous holes in its software.
Tags: Databases, Database management, Security applications/tools
Oracle plugs 65 security holes
News July patch update includes fixes for flaws, many serious, across the company's database and business products.
Tags: Security
Oracle's oops on security flaw
News Usually secretive about product security, company accidentally posts details about exploit code for an unfixed database flaw.
Tags: Data security, Hacking, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Business applications, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Databases
