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Microsoft warned customers of a zero day vulnerability that affects Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003. This flaw is exploited by enticing a user to press F1 after being lured to a malicious website.

Microsoft plans to release updates for Windows and Office next Tuesday, March 9. They rate both updates as Important - their second most severe security rating.

Mozilla recently released Firefox 3.6, their supposedly their best and most security version of Firefox yet. However, Russian security researchers have already found a mysterious zero day vulnerability that affects this new release.

If you've downloaded programs like Adobe Reader and Flash Player, you have downloaded Adobe Download Manager too. Unforutnately, Download Manager suffers for a code execution vulnerability. Click the link to learn more.

Microsoft released thirteen security bulletins, fixing over 26 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office. Microsoft rates four of the bulletins as Critical, seven as Important and one as Moderate.

Last week, big news surfaced about Chinese hackers breaching Google, and many other well-known technology companies, possibly stealing source code and intellectual property. This week it has become clear that a zero day IE vulnerability was at fault.

A Windows component called the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine suffers from an integer overflow vulnerability. To any major extent, it really only affects Windows 2000 (2K) administrators.

Juniper recently sent a security alert warning their customers about a critical DoS vulnerability that affects all versions of JUNOS, the operating system that runs on their routers.

Microsoft plans to release a single security bulletin to kick off this year's patch cycle. The solitary bulletin only critically affects Win2K computers.

Microsoft released a Security Advisory describing a flaw in the popular video codec, Indeo. While the flaw lies within the Indeo codec, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability via Windows Media Player or Internet Explorer.

This morning, Microsoft released six security bulletins, fixing a dozen security vulnerabilities in components that ship with Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer (IE). Microsoft rates three of the bulletins as Critical and three as Important.

Once again, Microsoft plans to release a half dozen security bulletins, three of which are rated Critical. Tuesday's bulletins will include five Windows updates and one Office update.

A grey hat researcher has released exploit code for a serious zero day IE vulnerability. Read on to learn how to protect yourself from this exploit until Microsoft patches.

A research disclosed a Denial of Service vulnerability in Windows 7 without giving Microsoft time to patch. Learn why Corey thinks this flaw only poses a limited risk.