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Microsoft Silverlight Update Fixes Stability and Security Bugs
By: admin on: Jun 12,2010 In: WindowsMicrosoft issued an update to Silverlight for Windows and the Mac to fix a number of bugs to improve security and reliability. The update also adds performance improvement and new functionality including support for web conferencing, printing and better video and networking. The update should be backward-compatible with existing Silverlight applications.
Some of the bugs fixed [...]
Vulnerability in Microsoft Virtual PC exploits the unexploitable
By: admin on: Mar 27,2010 In: WindowsAn exploit writer at Core Security Technologies has discovered a serious vulnerability that exposes users of Microsoft’s Virtual PC virtualization software to malicious hacker attacks.
The vulnerability, which is unpatched, essentially allows an attacker to bypass several major security mitigations — Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Safe Exception Handlers (SafeSEH) and Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) — [...]
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