Security

Microsoft has released a whole lot of patches for XP – Seven, Office, MSWorks…

For those who keep track of such things, this will be the most bulletins we have ever released in a month; we have released 13 bulletins on a couple of occasions. However, in total CVE count, this release ties with June 2010, so there’s no new record there.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August 2010

A critical update is available for XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, and Seven. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-046 – Critical.

Updates available for XP through 7. Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2010

Lots of updates available for 2K, XP, 2K3, Vista, 2K8, Seven, Office, etc. Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2010

Updates available for just about everything: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for April 2010
Be sure to visually check the updates as I’ve found in some cases all critical updates are not selected.

Microsoft has released an “out-of-band” update to address vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, and 8.
This is a cumulative update that addresses several vulnerabilities some of which also apply to IE 8 (in Windows 7 too).
More info.

Lots of important updates for Windows versions 2K-Windows 7. Details

News of the latest Internet Explorer vulnerability has spread the web today. As has become the norm folks have blown the issue way out of proportion. As stated in the security advisory (see link below) covering this issue, “At this time, we are unaware of any attacks attempting to use this vulnerability.” So keep that in mind if you want to use the workaround.
Microsoft Security Advisory (980088)
The Workaround:
The easy way (recommended solution for IE users): See this page and run the Fix It tool (Enable Network Protocol Lockdown). Bookmark the page so that you can undo it later with the Fix It tool next to it. This solution should be enough until a patch is released.
The hard way: Go to the security advisory page above and follow the steps in the workaround.
The super easy way: Don’t use IE!