December 13, 2011 - Hi everyone – Mike Reavey here. Today, we’re releasing our December set of security updates. As we do every month, we're providing a heads-up on what’s coming in this month’s release as well as offering links to more information so (continue reading...) Read more
December 13, 2011 - Hello. As I previously mentioned in the Advance Notification Service blog post on Thursday, today we are releasing 13 security bulletins, three of which are rated Critical in severity, and 10 Important. These bulletins will increase protection by addressing 19 (continue reading...) Read more
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 (continue reading...) Read more
September 16, 2011 - Hello, Today we published the September Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We (continue reading...) Read more
August 11, 2011 - Hello, Today we published the August Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded six questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. There was one question that we were unable (continue reading...) Read more
August 9, 2011 - Hello all. It has been very nearly a week since our BlueHat Prize contest announcement at Black Hat. Now that everyone’s had some time to digest the basics, we’ve asked Senior Security Strategist and chief BlueHat (continue reading...) Read more
July 12, 2011 - Hello all -- Over the years we’ve often talked about exploit mitigations – DEP, ASLR, SEHOP and so forth – as effective tools for improving computer security, reducing risk, preventing attacks, and minimizing operational disruption. Today we’re releasing a user’s (continue reading...) Read more
July 12, 2011 - Hello all -- Over the years we’ve often talked about exploit mitigations – DEP, ASLR, SEHOP and so forth – as effective tools for improving computer security, reducing risk, preventing attacks, and minimizing operational disruption. Today we’re releasing a user’s (continue reading...) Read more
June 14, 2011 - Hello there. First off, I’d like to share some news regarding the updates we made to the Autorun feature in Security Advisory 967940, which we released in February 2011. The advisory made changes to how Autorun handles “non-shiny” media (continue reading...) Read more
June 9, 2011 - Before we get into this month’s release, we wanted to alert you to updates to a document that’s been central to much of how Microsoft thinks about security. Ten years ago, Microsoft penned the “Ten Immutable (continue reading...) Read more
May 12, 2011 - Hello, Today we published the May Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded twelve questions on various topics during the webcast, (continue reading...) Read more
May 5, 2011 - Hello everyone, Today we are announcing changes to Microsoft’s Exploitability Index. Since October 2008, we have used the Exploitability Index to provide customers with valuable exploitability analysis for our (continue reading...) Read more
April 14, 2011 - Hello, Today we published the April Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 14 questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools, and update detection tools. There were two questions during the webcast (continue reading...) Read more
April 4, 2011 - Hi all -- We're pleased to announce the release of the new Microsoft Security Update Guide, Second Edition. Fully revised and updated from the first edition, which was released in 2009, this edition focuses on best practices for prioritizing and (continue reading...) Read more
March 11, 2011 - Hello, Today we published the March Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded five questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools, and update detection tools. We invite our customers to join us for (continue reading...) Read more
March 8, 2011 - Hello all -- Today, as part of our monthly security bulletin release, we have three bulletins addressing four vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. One bulletin is rated Critical, and this is the bulletin we recommend for priority deployment: (continue reading...) Read more
February 8, 2011 - Hello all -- Today, as part of our monthly security bulletin release, we have 12 bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and IIS (Internet Information Services). Three bulletins are rated Critical, and these are the bulletins we recommend for priority deployment: (continue reading...) Read more
January 13, 2011 - Hello, Today we published the January Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded five questions on various topics during the webcast. We invite our customers to join us for the next public webcast on Wednesday, February 9th at (continue reading...) Read more
January 11, 2011 - Hello - Today as part of our monthly security bulletin release we have two bulletins addressing three vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server. This first bulletin is rated Important, while the second is rated Critical. MS11-001. This bulletin (continue reading...) Read more
December 17, 2010 - Hello, Today we published the December 2010 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded 17 questions, most concerning the Internet Explorer update and the re-releases of bulletins this month. We invite our customers to join us for (continue reading...) Read more