RCPmag

Open Menu Open Menu


Barney's Blog

Blog archive

Patching Time Brings Only Two Biggies

Tomorrow is the second Tuesday of the month, which for Microsoft shops means it's time to patch. This time there is two fixes deemed critical. One bulletin fixes application problems from Office XP to Office 2003 and 2007. Apparently, remote code execution attacks can be waged through Visual Basic for Application.

The other bulletin fixes operating systems, and is mainly aimed at Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003 and 2008. The good news is operating systems properly configured aren't really at risk, Microsoft says.

Are hack attacks getting worse or are we beating these creeps back? You tell me at [email protected]

Posted by Doug Barney on May 10, 2010 at 11:53 AM


Featured

  • Microsoft Vows To Ease European Cloud Infrastructure Burden

    Microsoft announced new revamps to its Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider partner program to pacify European regulators.

  • Citrix HDX Option Coming to Windows 365 Subscribers

    Citrix's "high-definition user experience" (HDX) technologies will be available as an option for Windows 365 desktop-as-a-service users, according to a joint announcement by Microsoft and Citrix.

  • Ransomware Report: Don't Pay the Attackers

    According to a recent report, paying the ransom for an organization's hijacked data doesn't ensure return of the stolen data.

  • Veeam Adding Intelligence to Microsoft 365 Backup Solution

    Backup and recovery giant and major Microsoft partner Veeam unveiled a raft of new features to its solution portfolio at its VeeamON conference this week.

Most   Popular