Infosec Practitioner
So it seems that a few vulnerabilities have rated out of band patches from Microsoft. One for Visual Studio and one for Internet Explorer. while they are not releasing the details of the patches yet, I”ll bet the IE one is to patch the drive by downloads that have been happening lately. Read the information…
Yep, that’s right, its that time of month where Microsoft’s servers get slammed. Its patch week. This month some patches for holes that have Zero Day Exploits out for them already. Included in this is the Active X Video Hole, The Direct X Quicktime Hole, and the Open Type Font hole. The first two I…
Before I get started let me say this, I believe in patching, and updating systems and software. It is essential to security fo a system. That being said, there is something to be said about forcing updated software by calling it a high priority update. Yep, I’m talking about IE8 yet again. Don’t get me…