Microsoft outs emergency Windows patch

Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system Windows 8 may include Hyper-V virtualisation software, according to new reports.According to WindowsNow.com blogger Robert McLaws, the presence of the Hyper V v3.0 was found in a...

Software giant Microsoft has confirmed reports of a zero-day vulnerability affecting the graphics rendering engine in Windows that allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary code and take over an affected machine.Although the...

Microsoft said it is investigating reports of targeted attacks exploiting a vulnerability in Windows Shell, a component of Microsoft Windows. The critical, unpatched vulnerability is being exploited through infected USB...

Microsoft Corp. has announced that it will be issuing a record 13 security updates under its traditional Patch Tuesday cycle next week, plugging as many as 26 security holes in its Windows and Office software suites. Of the 13...

Microsoft has posted a security advisory for what is suspected to be the gaping hole in Internet Explorer which allowed Chinese hacker's into Google's system, sparking a row between the Internet search giant and the Chinese...

It seems that Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of the year will be a small one as the Redmond-based company plans to release a fix for just one critical vulnerability affecting Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and...

Slides apparently displayed at Microsoft's Professional Developers' Conference (PDC) showed that the successor of the just-launched Windows 7, Windows 8, is expected to be released in 2012.The slides, which bore the title...

Laurence Gaffié, a security researcher, has discovered a weakness in Windows 7 and published all the relevant details on the full disclosure mailing list archives at Insecure.org.The bug has been recognised by Microsoft...

The upcoming Patch Tuesday is set to become a big one for Microsoft, as the software giant is going to address as many as 34 vulnerabilities though 13 security updates. Of the 13 security patches, eight are to be tagged as...

Microsoft has announced that its latest server product, Windows Server 2008 R2 will be widely available on the 22nd of October, the same day when Windows 7 will be available. During a keynote address at Computex 2009 in Taipei,...

In a move that could help Microsoft to place itself better in a much heated browser domain, the software giant is all set to rollout the next iteration of its signature web browser IE8 to users of IE6 and IE7 from next...

Microsoft has finally released Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 which is a free package that significantly improves WHS's core set of features especially and will be available as a Windows Update. In a statement released on the...

Microsoft will be issuing a single patch on Tuesday addressing a critical flaw that could enable a hacker to seize control over victim’s computer remotely, the company announced on Thursday.   The vulnerability is...

Researchers from Microsoft have warned of a new wave of attacks exploiting a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Service, patched by the company with an emergency update last month. If you haven’t patched the...

Microsoft has released its November 2008 security patch which includes two bulletins for fixing crucial vulnerabilities in Windows and Office applications, out of which one is dubbed as “critical” whereas the other...