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• Windows, Office to get 'critical' fixes

  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.

• No fix yet for zero-day flaw in Word

  As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday six security bulletins, at least two of them deemed "critical."

• Microsoft to deliver patches by the dozen

  Microsoft on Tuesday plans to release a dozen security bulletins, including a "critical" one for its own anti-spyware and other security products.

• Microsoft to patch zero-day DNS flaw

  Microsoft on Tuesday plans to release seven security bulletins, including a fix for a zero-day flaw in Windows that is already being used in cyberattacks.

Features and Case Studies (16)

• 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 seven new security bulletins

  In a single day, Microsoft recently released seven Security Bulletins--five of which were labelled Critical.

• Microsoft's patch and pray model

  Microsoft's quick-fix Windows security patches seem to be creating problems of their own, so is it wrong for them to be released in the first place?

• Sasser.a and Sasser.b prevention and cure

  These worms will crash vulnerable Windows 2000 and Windows XP machines.

• Microsoft: Security requires teamwork

  At the RSA Conference Europe 2004 in Barcelona, Microsoft gave an upbeat assessment of its campaign to improve security.

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