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		<title>Alert: Microsoft to release out-of-band security update July 28th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is releasing a pair of critical Windows security updates on July 28th. This is highly unusual. Microsoft normally issues security fixes on the second Tuesday of the month &#8212; &#8220;Patch Tuesday.&#8221; When they release an out-of-band update like this, it is usually because it deals with a critical vulnerability that is being actively exploited. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/07/alert-microsoft-to-release-out-of-band-security-update-july-28th/</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 releases to manufacturing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you&#8217;ve been busy doing real world stuff and missed all the noise in the trade press, Windows 7 went RTM today. &#8220;RTM&#8221; means &#8220;release to manufacturing.&#8221; Microsoft has tucked in all the loose ends &#8212; at least, all the loose ends they&#8217;re going to worry about right now &#8212; and Windows 7 is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/07/windows-7-releases-to-manufacturing/</link>
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		<title>Temporary fix available for new Internet Explorer vulnerability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as Microsoft was rolling out this month&#8217;s collection of security patches and software updates, a new Internet Explorer vulnerability cropped up. Basically, it&#8217;s another one of those deals where you could get infected simply by visiting a maliciously crafted web page.
Unless the bad guys start exploiting this bug heavily, Microsoft will likely not fix [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/07/temporary-fix-available-for-new-internet-explorer-vulnerability/</link>
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		<title>Alert: Firefox 3.5.1 released &#8212; fixes important vulnerability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Firefox 3.5.1. has just been released to fix a potentially critical vulnerability. It&#8217;s not listed on the regular download page yet, but should be shortly.
A couple of days ago, proof-of-concept code was posted showing how a malicious web site could trigger a &#8220;drive-by download&#8221; when a page was viewed with Firefox 3.5. The 3.5.1 release [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/07/alert-firefox-3-5-1-released-fixes-important-vulnerability/</link>
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		<title>July Microsoft patches are available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The July Microsoft patches for Windows and layered products, such as Office, are available for download. The servers are slow right now, probably because a whole bunch of people are jumping on them, trying to get at the &#8220;critical&#8221; Internet Explorer updates.
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		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/07/july-microsoft-patches-are-available/</link>
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		<title>July 14th is &#8220;Patch Tuesday&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 14th is &#8220;Patch Tuesday,&#8221; the day each month when Microsoft issues patches for Windows and other Microsoft products. (It also happens to fall on Bastille Day this year.)
Two of the three critical patches released this month are very high priority because they are already being exploited in the wild. Both deal with ActiveX-related video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/07/july-14th-is-patch-tuesday/</link>
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		<title>Alert: May 12th is &#8220;Patch Tuesday&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 12th is &#8220;Patch Tuesday,&#8221; the day Microsoft traditionally issues security updates. Adobe is also issuing a patch for Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
The sole Microsoft patch fixes a &#8220;critical&#8221; flaw in PowerPoint. &#8220;Critical&#8221; means it&#8217;s a big deal. In this case, opening a maliciously crafted PowerPoint presentation could allow an attacker to execute code remotely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/05/alert-may-12th-is-patch-tuesday/</link>
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		<title>Overblown security panic about file extensions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may have encountered a few recent articles bloviating about how Microsoft has failed to plug a security hole in Windows 7 and that &#8212; horrors! &#8212; the vulnerability has been around since Windows NT hit the streets back in the 90&#8217;s.
Short version: It&#8217;s bugle oil. They&#8217;re talking about the way Windows handles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/05/overblown-security-panic-about-file-extensions/</link>
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		<title>Swine Flu side-effects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The online pond scum are at it again, using public concern about the recent Swine Flu outbreak to trick people into opening infected email attachments or into visiting malicious web sites. No doubt they will be attempting to game search engine results, too, although this will  be a lot tougher to accomplish than it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/04/swine-flu-side-effects/</link>
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		<title>Office 2007 Service Pack 2 released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Office 2007 Service Pack 2 was released yesterday. It&#8217;s a big download &#8212; 290MB if you grab the whole thing &#8212; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.nvdi.net/2009/04/office-2007-service-pack-2-released/</link>
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