Just an FYI that today we are releasing 17 security bulletins, 9 of which are Critical, and 8 rated Important.  These bulletins will increase protection by addressing 64 unique vulnerabilities in the following Microsoft products:  Microsoft...

Hello again everyone, Pete Voss here, and as I previously mentioned in the Advanced Notification blog on Thursday, today we are releasing 17 security bulletins, nine of which are Critical, and eight rated Important. These bulletins will increase...

Looks like the WSUS team has a new product category headed our way.  From the WSUS product team blog : A new product category will be added to your WSUS server under the Developer Tools, Runtimes and Redistributables family, entitled Visual Studio...

From the MSRC blog: Today, we're providing advanced notification on the release of 17 security bulletins, nine rated Critical and eight rated Important. This month's bulletin release will address 64 vulnerabilities across Microsoft Windows, Microsoft...

Hello everyone, My name is Pete Voss, and I'm a senior response communications manager with Microsoft Trustworthy Computing. I'll be joining the rest of the team on the MSRC blog and @MSFTSecResponse Twitter handle to help provide you with the latest...

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 testing security...

Ever since Windows Phone 7 was launched late last year there’s been a growing buzz surrounding Microsoft’s new phone OS, and with the recent announcement that the Windows Phone Marketplace had surpassed 10,000 apps in those 4-5 months and was growing...

Today we're releasing Security Advisory 2524375 , to address nine fraudulent digital certificates issued by Comodo Group Inc, a root certificate authority. Comodo has since revoked the digital certificates. This is not a Microsoft security vulnerability;...

Our very own Yuri Diogenes posted the first draft of his guide for troubleshooting Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) over on the TechNet Wiki.  Not only does it walk you through how WSUS works and how to troubleshoot it, but since it’s on the...

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...

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:...

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...

After deploying a WSUS server, you may experience the following performance issues on clients: 1. You may experience prolonged high CPU utilization when you scan for updates or when you install updates. 2. The scans fail. This article provides...

Hello all -- Today, as part of our usual monthly bulletin cadence, we are providing our Advance Notification Service for March's security bulletins. This month we'll release three bulletins, one of them rated Critical and two rated Important, addressing...

Hello, Today we published the February Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . We fielded 12 questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools, and update detection tools. We invite our...

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...

Hi! I'm Adam Shostack, a program manager working in TWC Security, and I'd like to talk a bit about today's AutoRun update. Normally, I post over on the SDL blog, but of late I've been doing a lot of work in classifying and quantifying how Windows ...

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...

Today we're providing our Advance Notification Service for February's security bulletins. This month, we'll release 12 bulletins, three of them rated Critical and nine rated Important, addressing issues in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office...

Hello. Today we're releasing Security Advisory 2501696 , which describes a publicly disclosed scripting vulnerability affecting all versions of Microsoft Windows. The main impact of the vulnerability is unintended information disclosure. We're aware...

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Just an FYI that we will be adding a new product family to your WSUS server named Microsoft StreamInsight .  There will also be a new product category added under the Microsoft StreamInsight family named Microsoft StreamInsight 1.0 . You can get...

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...

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…. [ MSRC ] J.C. Hornbeck...

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...