Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in January 2010.
Please ensure to patch your software as required.
Here are the new security updates:
Latest Security Updates
- MS10-001 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 972270)
Go to the Microsoft site for further information.
Posted in: Security, Tech Tips.
If you are a Microsoft Windows Vista user and your computer is in an infinite reboot loop showing the following error message, “Configuring Updates Stage 3 of 3 0% complete Do not turn off Computer,” try the following fix.
- Insert your Windows Vista CD into your CD-drive, then boot from the CD
- Click on “Repair your Computer”
- Click “Command Prompt” from the recovery choices
- At the command prompt type C: and press enter
- Type cd Windows and press enter
- Type cd WinSxS and press enter
- Type del pending.xml and press enter
- Reboot your system
- Your system will still display the same error for some seconds, then continue to boot correctly
Posted in: Tech Tips, Windows Vista.
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in December 2009.
Please ensure to patch your software as required.
Here are the new security updates:
Latest Security Updates
- MS09-069 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 974392)
- MS09-070 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 971726)
- MS09-071 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 974318)
- MS09-072 – addresses a vulnerability in Internet Explorer (KB 976325)
- MS09-073 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 975539)
- MS09-074 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Project (KB 967183)
Go to the Microsoft site for further information.
Posted in: Security, Tech Tips.
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in November 2009.
Please ensure to patch your software as required.
Here are the new security updates:
Latest Security Updates
- MS09-063 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 973565)
- MS09-064 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 974783)
- MS09-065 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 969947)
- MS09-066 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows (KB 973309)
- MS09-067 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 972652)
- MS09-068 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 976307)
Go to the Microsoft site for further information.
Posted in: Security, Tech Tips.
WordPress.org has today released a “hardening release” of their popular CMS. This brings the WordPress version to 2.8.5.
All WordPress users are advised to immediately update their sites to the new version. As long as you have version 2.7 or higher, updating now only takes seconds as it can easily be done within the WordPress dashboard.
The new version doesn’t appear to bring any new features, only security related changes. The release article states that:
The headline changes in this release are:
- A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
- Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.
- Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.
- Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old plugins.
Here is the link to the full release article:
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/
Posted in: News, Security, Wordpress.
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in October 2009.
Please ensure to patch your software as required.
Here are the new security updates:
Latest Security Updates
- MS09-050 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 975517)
- MS09-051 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows Media (KB 975682)
- MS09-052 – addresses a vulnerability in Windows Media (KB 974112)
- MS09-053 – addresses a vulnerability in Internet Information Services (IIS) (KB 975254)
- MS09-054 – addresses a vulnerability in Internet Explorer (KB 974455)
- MS09-055 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 973525)
- MS09-056 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 974571)
- MS09-057 – addresses a vulnerability in Indexing Service (KB 969059)
- MS09-058 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 971486)
- MS09-059 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 975467)
- MS09-060 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 973965)
- MS09-061 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft .NET (KB 974378)
- MS09-062 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 957488)
Go to the Microsoft site for further information.
Posted in: Security, Tech Tips.
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in September 2009.
Please ensure to patch your software as required.
Here are the new security updates:
Latest Security Updates
- MS09-045 – addresses a vulnerability in Jscript (KB 971961)
- MS09-046 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 956844)
- MS09-047 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 973812)
- MS09-048 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 967723)
- MS09-049 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 970710
Go to the Microsoft site for further information.
Posted in: Security, Tech Tips.
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in August 2009.
Please ensure to patch your software as required.
Here are the new security updates:
Latest Security Updates
- MS09-036 – addresses a vulnerability in ASP.NET (KB 970957)
- MS09-037 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 973908)
- MS09-038 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 971557)
- MS09-039 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 969883)
- MS09-040 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 971032)
- MS09-041 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 971657)
- MS09-042 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 960859)
- MS09-043 – addresses a vulnerability in Office Web Components (KB 957638)
- MS09-044 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 970927)
Go to the Microsoft site for further information.
Posted in: Security, Tech Tips.
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in July 2009.
Please ensure to patch your software as required.
Here are the new security updates:
Latest Security Updates
- MS09-028 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 971633)
- MS09-029 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 961371)
- MS09-030 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 969516)
- MS09-031 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft ISA Server (KB 970953)
- MS09-032 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer (KB 973346)
- MS09-033 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Virtual PC (KB 969856)
Go to the Microsoft site for further information.
Posted in: Security, Tech Tips.
Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in June 2009.
Please ensure to patch your software as required.
Here are the new security updates:
Latest Security Updates
- MS09-018 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 971055)
- MS09-019 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer (KB 969897)
- MS09-020 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services (KB970483)
- MS09-021 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 969462)
- MS09-022 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 961501)
- MS09-023 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 963093)
- MS09-024 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 957632)
- MS09-025 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 968537)
- MS09-026 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB 970238)
- MS09-027 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB 969514)
Go to the Microsoft site for further information.
Posted in: Security, Tech Tips.
