Monday, December 22, 2008
Hello, Bill here, I wanted to let you know that we have just posted Microsoft Security Advisory (961040). This advisory contains information regarding public reports of a vulnerability in SQL Server that could allow for remote code execution. We are aware that exploit code has been published on the Internet; however, we are not aware of any attacks attempting to use the reported vulnerability.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Hello, Mike here, Today we released security update MS08-078, protecting customers from active attacks against Internet Explorer. This update will be applied automatically to hundreds of millions of customers through automatic updates over the next few days. And, for our enterprise customers - with multiple systems within their networks – this update can be deployed through all standard security update management systems including, SCCM, SMS, WSUS, and Windows Update as of 10AM PST today.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Hi this is Christopher Budd, We’ve just published our Advance Notification for an out-of-band security bulletin release. We plan to release the security update tomorrow, Dec. 17, 2008 to address the vulnerability we’ve discussed in Microsoft Security Advisory 961051. Our target time, as always, is 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. We’ll be holding two special webcasts to give you details and take your questions.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Hi this is Christopher Budd, I wanted to give you a quick update on a couple of new things today related to Microsoft Security Advisory 961051. We’ve made another revision to the advisory today. Our research teams are working around the clock to help identify better, more effective workarounds to give customers more options to evaluate and we’ve updated the advisory with the latest information from their research.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Hello, This is Christopher Budd, We’ve just posted a revision to Microsoft Security Advisory (961051) with the latest information from our ongoing work around this issue. While the known attacks are only targeting Internet Explorer 7, we have found that the underlying vulnerability affects all currently supported versions of Internet Explorer.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Hello, Bill here, I wanted to let you know that we have just posted Microsoft Security Advisory (961051). This advisory contains information regarding new attacks against a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer. At this time, we are aware of limited attacks attempting to use the reported vulnerability, but we will continue to track this issue.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Hi, This is Christopher Budd. I wanted to let you know that we’ve just released our security bulletins for December. The new bulletins for this month are: · MS08-070: Vulnerabilities in Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Extended Files (ActiveX Controls) Could Allow Remote Code Execution (932349) which is rated “Critical” · MS08-071: Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956802) which is rated “Critical”
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Hello, Bill here. I wanted to let you know that we just posted our Advance Notification for next week’s bulletin release which will occur on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 around 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. It is important to remember that while the information posted below is intended to help with your planning, because it is preliminary information, it is subject to change.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Hi, this is Bill Sisk A while back we discussed the fact that we’re likely to see new pieces of malware over the coming weeks that exploit the vulnerability resolved in MS08-067. Recently we’ve received a string of reports from customers that have yet to apply the update and are infected by malware.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Register now for the December 2008Security Bulletin Webcast Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A Index Hosts: Christopher Budd, Security Response Communications Lead Adrian Stone, Lead Security Program Manager (MSRC) Website: TechNet/security Chat Topic: November 2008 Security Bulletin Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2008 Q: Along with the expected updates, my Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) servers picked up KB948110, an update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4, during the same sync on Wednesday morning.
