Internet related News · 2015-02-12

Microsoft issues security patch for a 15-year-old bug

IT major Microsoft has issued a very crucial security patch that it claimed will take care of a 15-year-old bug. If left unchecked, this virus could, in some cases, even allow attackers to take complete control of computers running any “supported” version of Windows. The critical vulnerability labelled MS15-011, though, will remain unpatched in Windows Server 2003, since it is no longer supported.

It took Microsoft almost a year to fix this flaw. All Windows users who use the Active Directory Service anywhere in the world are affected by it & need to upload the patch. All computers, even devices that are members of a corporate Active Directory may be at risk since this database grants specific privileges to authorized users, among other things. The bug was 1st noticed by a researcher called Jasbug. It allows what is called as a man-in-the-middle exploit – traffic passing between the user and the Active Directory network. 

http://news.google.com

Microsoft has released a patch to close a bug exploited by hackers, who targeted US military and government networks. The flaw was used to compromise Windows PCs that visited sites seeded …

Read more …

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release leaves one big vulnerability unpatched – ZDNet

http://news.google.com

The MS15-011 update was fixed more than a year after first being privately reported to Microsoft by researcher Jeff Schmidt, who discovered the bug while…

 

Read more …

Why 1.6 million people will miss Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 date with fate – The Register

http://news.google.com

That’s the date Microsoft issues its last security fix ever for Window Server 2003 – the end of extended support from the server operating system’s maker. That …

Read more …

Update: Microsoft fixes IE memory problems in Patch Tuesday updates – Computerworld

http://news.google.com

The Internet Explorer patches are part of the company’s routine monthly release of security and bug fixes for its software products, called “Patch Tuesday.” Microsoft…

Read more …


Click here to opt-out of Google Analytics