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February 2012 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security Bulletin Advance Notice Released

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Patch Tuesday is next week and according to the advance noticed that was released earlier today there are nine bulletins to be addressed which includes four labeled Critical and five listed as Important.

According to the notice the following Microsoft software will be updated:

Microsoft Windows

Windows XP with SP3 Windows XP . . .

Read More: February 2012 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security Bulletin Advance Notice Released

Anatomy of a YouTube Phishing Attempt

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It all started innocently enough.  I received a message in my YouTube account inbox from someone on YouTube who referenced a video that I had uploaded of geese walking down the road in front of our house.

The individual told me that they represented a company in the UK that had just . . .

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Cover It Live Experiences Unauthorized Proprietary Data File Access

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“Cover It Live is used by thousands of journalists, bloggers, agencies and large media organizations to engage millions of Readers each month.”

That is the description of their services from their home page and now those thousands of people may have other information at risk.

In an email to users Friday evening . . .

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Microsoft Security Response Center Releases January 2012 Advance Notification

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This month’s advance notification bulletin has been released in preparation for next week’s Patch Tuesday and according to the MSRC it will include seven bulletins which will take care of eight issues in the following Microsoft software:

Windows XP SP3 Windows XP x64 with SP2 Windows Vista x86 and x64 with SP2 . . .

Read More: Microsoft Security Response Center Releases January 2012 Advance Notification

Out of Band Security Update for Vulnerability in ASP.NET Being Released Today

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Late last night the Microsoft Security Response Center sent out notification that they would be releasing an out of band update for the recently revealed vulnerability in ASP.NET that was discussed in Security Advisory 2659883.

The bulletin has a severity rating of Critical and addresses a publicly disclosed vulnerability in ASP.NET that . . .

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Microsoft Security Response Program Manager Leaving for RIM

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Jerry Bryant, the Microsoft Security Response Program Manager, announced via Twitter today that after 12 years with Microsoft he is moving to RIM. According to the tweet he will be heading up communications on their security response team.

Bryant has been involved as dramatic changes were made in the way Microsoft . . .

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