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The latest Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) has deleted online game password-stealing malware from some two million machines. Microsoft on Tuesday unleashed seven patches, three for critical vulnerabilities, in its June Patch Tuesday round of bug fixes. Microsoft fixed six vulnerabilities, three of them rated critical, with four patches in its May Patch Tuesday round this week. All were file-format vulnerabilities impacting client-side Windows machines rather than servers. Industry experts have welcomed assurances from Microsoft that the firm has not provided law enforcement agencies with a 'back door' into its systems.. Microsoft researchers have hit back at reports that claim a recent spate of SQL related web attacks are the result of exploited vulnerabilities in the software giant’s platforms. Microsoft is investigating reports of a glitch in one of its December patches that unexpectedly shuts down Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). Targeted phishing emails are attempting to infect the machines of users' who are tricked into opening malicious Microsoft Access Database (MDB) files, US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) said in a warning this week. Microsoft is warning Windows XP and Vista users who have installed Safari on their machines that a blended attack could result in malicious code being installed.
Microsoft’s dedicated RSA 2008 site and blog – a portal for Microsoft experts to share their opinions on emerging topics during next week’s conference in San Francisco - is now live, the vendor announced today. Pledges Windows 7 by 2010. Microsoft announced late Thursday that it plans to push out four patches, three to address critical vulnerabilities, in Tuesday's monthly security update. Microsoft has built a USB thumb drive for the police that scans computer hard drives. Microsoft is warning of a new vulnerability in Windows that could permit privilege escalation. Microsoft plans 12 fixes - seven for "critical" bugs - in next week's monthly patch delivery. A security researcher said he has located a zero-day vulnerability in a printing feature on Internet Explorer that could allow remote attackers to execute malicious code. IT threats are continuing to rise, although the number of disclosed vulnerabilities tailed off in the last six months of 2007, according to new research from Microsoft launched at today's Infosecurity Europe event. Microsoft has released what is believed to be the final update for Windows XP, the operating system prior to Vista, but still widely deployed by enterprises and consumers. Hackers continue trying to exploit a patched vulnerability in Microsoft's Graphic Display Interface (GDI), researchers said this week. Microsoft today warned PC users of a Windows flaw that occurs when the operating system, or Internet Explorer, (IE) tries to find a Web Proxy Automatic Discovery (WAPD) server. Microsoft on Wednesday released the Beta 1 version of Internet Explorer 8, which the company says is configured to protect against phishing attacks and malware.