One of the seven updates was tagged “critical,” the highest threat ranking in Microsoft’s four-step system, while the others were marked “important,” the second-highest rating, even though some of them could conceivably be exploited by attackers to plant malware on users’ PCs. View full post on could security – Yahoo!…
Principal Software Development Engineer – Cloud Computing Incubation / Microsoft / Mountain View, CA
Microsoft/Mountain View, CA Location: Mountain View, CA, US Job ID: 771581-67287 Division: Corporate Research & Development Cloud computing is in its infancy, and Microsoft's Technical Strategy and Incubation group is tackling the next decade's most exciting problems. From distributed storage to advanced compilers, we're rethinking computing from the ground up…
Microsoft patches dangerous web flaw in double time
Microsoft has issued an out-of-band fix for a vulnerability in its ASP.NET web platform that could allow an attacker to launch a successful DoS attack on a server using a nothing more sophisticated than a stream of 100kb files. Although not yet being exploited in the wild, Microsoft decided the…
Microsoft fixes .NET security holes
Microsoft has released an out-of-band update that fixes four security holes in .NET, one of which could allow privilege… View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch for ASP.NET Flaw
The update was released approximately two weeks before the company’s regularly scheduled security update. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft Warns of ASP.NET Zero Day Vulnerability
The unpatched flaw affects all versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II – Ads 770336 / Microsoft / Mountain View, CA
Microsoft/Mountain View, CA Location: Mountain View, CA, US Job ID: 770336-66502 Division: Online Services Division At Bing we set out to show the world that search is about so much more than 10 blue links-and it’s working! Bing has gained market share against entrenched competitors every month since our launch…
IBM, HP and Microsoft ‘slackest on patching bugs’
IBM, HP and Microsoft lead the list of companies that failed to patch vulnerabilities within six months of being notified by the world’s biggest bug bounty programme, according to HP TippingPoint’s Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI). During 2011, TippingPoint – a division of HP – released 29 “zero-day” advisories that provided information…
Microsoft flags malware that poses as police
Microsoft has warned people of a localised strain of malware that masquerades as a message from a country’s local law enforcement. The ‘ransomware’ — malware that takes control of a user’s device and demands payment to unlock the computer — was detailed by Microsoft on Monday. “What is remarkable in…
Microsoft gives free Windows Phones to Android malware victims; iPhone users unaffected
“Want a free Windows Phone? Well, it turns out that you may be able to get one for free – all you need to do is tell Microsoft about the malware problems you’ve had with Android smartphones,” Graham Cluley blogs for Spohos. “Ben Rudolph, Microsoft’s Windows Phone ‘evangelist,’ is the…