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    As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday two security bulletins with fixes for flaws in Windows.

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    As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday eight security bulletins to plug holes in its software products.

  • Microsoft pulls four planned patches

    Microsoft has pulled four bulletins from its announced list of Patch Tuesday fixes, but did not specify why it was backpedalling on the security releases.

  • Oracle to open up on bug severity

    Oracle plans to add severity ratings to its security bulletins, making the alerts less of a guessing game for customers.

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    Microsoft on Tuesday in the US provided fixes for eight flaws related to Windows, including three that could be used to compromise a system without any user interaction.

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  • Latest flaw in Exchange 5.5 fixed

    Microsoft's August security announcement only saw one bulletin, MS04-026, "Vulnerability in Exchange Server 5.5 Outlook Web Access Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting and Spoofing Attacks." Here are the details.

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    Apache is beginning to rival IIS as a popular Internet target, which means admins need to be vigilant in keeping it patched. This includes a new software revision that fixes two vulnerabilities.

  • Cumulative patch includes fixes for new IIS flaws

    Microsoft has announced the discovery of four new flaws in IIS and has created a cumulative IIS patch that provides fixes for these and other vulnerabilities.

  • Get up to speed on Microsoft's August security bulletins

    In August, Microsoft released a dozen security bulletins, rating nine as critical threats. (The remaining three are important threats.) With that many updates in a single month, how do you know which ones to concentrate on first?

  • Microsoft releases three new security bulletins

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    Companies using Microsoft Office XP and Internet Explorer 5 have been warned that documents containing personal information could be sent to Microsoft along with debugging information in the event of a program crash.

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