Thursday, November 03, 2011
Hi everyone, This post is to notify customers that Microsoft will revoke trust in an Intermediate Certificate Authority, DigiCert Sdn. Bhd. (Digicert Malaysia) in an update to be released through Windows Update. DigiCert Sdn. Bhd is a Malaysian subordinate CA under Entrust and Verizon (GTE CyberTrust). There is no relationship between DigiCert Malaysia and DigiCert Inc.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Hello, Today we published the October Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded eight questions across all bulletins. There was one question that we were unable to answer during the webcast due to time constraints, and we have included all questions and answers on the Q&A page. We invite our customers to join us for the next public webcast on Wednesday, November 9th at 11am PDT (UTC -7), when we will go into detail about the November bulletin release and answer questions live on the air.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Hello, On this October Update Tuesday, we are releasing the 11th volume of the Security Intelligence Report, SIRv11, which puts zero-day vulnerabilities into context against other global threats. We are also releasing eight security updates so please read on for details. A new method of analyzing malware distribution indicates that in the first half of 2011 zero-day issues account for a very small percentage of actual infections.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Hello, As we do each month, we’re providing advanced notification on the release of eight security bulletins, two Critical and six Important, to address 23 vulnerabilities across Internet Explorer, .NET Framework & Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Forefront UAG, and Microsoft Host Integration Server. As usual, the bulletin release is scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month, October 11, at approximately 10 a.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Hello. Today we released Security Advisory 2588513, addressing an information-disclosure issue in SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) 3.0 and TLS (Transport Layer Security) 1.0 to provide guidance for customers. This is an industry-wide issue with limited impact that affects the Internet ecosystem as a whole rather than any specific platform. Our Advisory addresses the issue via the Windows operating system.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Today, Microsoft re-released KB2616676 non-security update for customers using Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, which addresses an issue described in the “known issues” section of KB2616676. Customers who have enabled automatic updates are already protected and no further action is required, and others are recommended to download the cumulative version of the KB2616676 to protect themselves from the fraudulent certificates listed in Security Advisory 2607712.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Hello, Today we published the September Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 15 questions primarily regarding the Diginotar Certificate compromise and the associated Security Advisory. There was one question that we were unable to answer during the webcast due to time constraints, and we have included all questions and answers on the Q&A page.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
In an effort to protect customers, last week we released Security Advisory 2607712 along with a non-security update to add fraudulent DigiNotar certificates to the Windows Untrusted Certificate Store. Today, we are releasing another update (2616676), adding six additional DigiNotar root certificates that are cross-signed by Entrust and GTE, to the Untrusted Certificate Store.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Hello everyone, As we do each month, we’re providing advanced notification on the release of five Important security bulletins, addressing 15 vulnerabilities, to help protect customers using Microsoft Windows and Office. As usual, the bulletin release is scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month, September 13, at approximately 10 a.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Today we’re updating Security Advisory 2607712, to announce that based on our investigation, we’ve deemed all DigiNotar certificates to be untrustworthy and have moved them to the Untrusted Certificate Store. Additionally, we have extended our support with this update so all customers using Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and all Windows supported third-party applications are protected.
