Archive for the 'Software Updates' Category

Apr 29 2009

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 released

Published bywkwalker under News,Software Updates

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 was released yesterday. It’s a big download — 290MB if you grab the whole thing — but worth it. For most folks, the biggest reason to get it is that a number of Office applications load and run noticeably faster. SP2 also rolls up a great many security and bug [...]

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Apr 28 2009

Alert: More Adobe Reader flaws surface

Published bywkwalker under Alerts,Software Updates

Here we go again. Security researchers have turned up a couple more vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader (and Adobe Acrobat for those of you running the full, pay-for package). These flaws permit running arbitrary code on a target system without the user’s knowledge. This is triggered by tricking a victim into opening a maliciously crafted, JavaScript-enabled [...]

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Apr 10 2009

Patch Tuesday looms

Published bywkwalker under News,Software Updates

April 14th is “Patch Tuesday.” Barring a major panic, Microsoft issues security updates for its products on the second Tuesday of the month. This month, we’re looking at eight patches, five of them rated “critical.” Microsoft’s offical security bulletin has all the details they’re willing to share so far. It’s generally a good idea not [...]

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Apr 08 2009

Alert: Make sure Adobe Reader/Acrobat is up to date

Published bywkwalker under Alerts,Software Updates

Adobe recently released updates to Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat to fix a flaw that permitted running arbitrary code on a target system without the user’s knowledge. This is triggered by tricking a victim into opening a maliciously crafted PDF document — typically, an email attachment or a document served up on an infected web [...]

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