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Patch Tuesday for July

Posted on July 15, 2009July 15, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Patch Tuesday for July

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…

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Direct-X Under Attack

Posted on May 29, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Direct-X Under Attack

It seems that a vulnerability in Direct X’s Direct Show subsystem is coming under attack. Now the vulnerability allows execution of code, but only as the logged on user, which means if you are smart, then the normal user account does not have admin rights, and code executed through this vulnerability won’t be able to…

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