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Microsoft to release emergency Windows patch

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Maxim Weinstein

Microsoft will release an emergency security patch for Windows tonight. This is unusual, as Microsoft typically releases security patches only once per month on what has become known as "Patch Tuesday." The rushed release may indicate that the security hole … Continue reading →

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Apple Fixes Safari Vulnerability on Windows

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Maxim Weinstein

About a month ago, we “questioned Apple”:http://blogs.stopbadware.org/articles/2008/05/19/safari-security-questioned-sbw-encourages-action for characterizing a Safari security vulnerability as a “feature” issue, not a security issue. This issue got “further attention”:http://blogs.stopbadware.org/articles/2008/06/12/safari-vulnerability-now-a-blended-flavor when Microsoft announced that the Safari vulnerability combined with a Windows vulnerability could lead … Continue reading →

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Mac hacked via web

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Maxim Weinstein

According to the Mac Observer, a “MacBook Air was compromised”:http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/03/28.1.shtml via what sounds like a drive-by download style attack in a hacking competition: bq. On the first day of the event, contestants unsuccessfully attempted to remotely hack into the Mac, … Continue reading →

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Why Windows updates matter

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Maxim Weinstein

We recently conducted a small experiment, which we hope to soon expand and write up as a full report. The experiment looked at what happens when a user with Windows XP and Internet Explorer visits badware websites, both before and … Continue reading →

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