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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification December 2011

December 8, 2011

Security TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-dec Preliminary information, subject to change. The bulletin release is scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month on December 13, 2011. Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on December 14, 2011, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the December Security [...]

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification November 2011

November 3, 2011

Security TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-nov Preliminary information, subject to change. The bulletin release is scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month on November 8, 2011. Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on November 9, 2011, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the November Security [...]

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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) Volume 11

October 18, 2011

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Analysis from January to June 2011. Volume 11 of the Microsoft® Security Intelligence Report (SIRv11) provides in-depth perspectives on software vulnerabilities and exploits, malicious code threats, and potentially unwanted software in Microsoft and third-party software. Microsoft developed these perspectives based on detailed trend analyses over the past several years, with a [...]

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Microsoft Officially Welcomes Skype

October 14, 2011

News Press Release Oct. 13, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) has closed its acquisition of Skype Global S.à r.l. Negotiations of the definitive agreement under which Microsoft would acquire Skype, an Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion were led by investor group Silver Lake and the transaction was originally announced on May 10, 2011. [...]

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2011

October 6, 2011

Security TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-oct Preliminary information, subject to change. The bulletin release is scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month, October 11, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT. Advanced notification on the release of eight security bulletins, two Critical and six Important, to address 23 vulnerabilities across Internet Explorer, .NET Framework & Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft [...]

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Microsoft: Rustock Civil Case Closed

September 22, 2011

The Official Microsoft® Blog Rustock Civil Case Closed: Microsoft Refers Criminal Evidence to FBI 22 Sep 2011 As you may have read in this morning’s edition of CNET, on Sept. 13th, Judge James L. Robart, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled that the domain names and Internet protocol addresses [...]

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for September 2011

September 8, 2011

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Preliminary information, subject to change. Advanced notification on the release of five Important security bulletins, addressing 15 vulnerabilities, to help protect customers using Microsoft Windows and Office. As usual, the bulletin release is scheduled for the second Tuesday of the month, September 13, at approximately 10 a.m. PDT. Microsoft [...]

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2011

August 4, 2011

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Preliminary information, subject to change. Advance Notification Service Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the August security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, August 9. This month’s release includes 13 bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, .NET and Visual Studio. All 13 bulletins [...]

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Web redirector malware

August 2, 2011

July MSRT on web redirector malware Microsoft Malware Protection Center This month, we added Win32/Tracur and Win32/Dursg, two of the most prevalent pieces of malware belonging to the category of ‘web redirectors’, to our Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT). After just over two weeks in release, we have early numbers on our success in detecting [...]

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Microsoft Offers $250,000 Reward for Information on Rustock

July 18, 2011

The Official Microsoft Blog Posted by Richard Boscovich Senior Attorney, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit 18 Jul 2011 Last month, I shared with you that the Rustock botnet has remained inactive since Microsoft and its partners took it offline on March 16th. Today, we take our pursuit a step further. After publishing notices in two Russian [...]

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