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Overcome The Microsoft Mindset: Patch Faster
InformationWeek SMB (blog)
Regardless of your take, Google seems set to rewrite the rules of the
bug-patching game, after two of its security researchers, Chris Evans and
Drew Hintz, issued a warning to vendors in a May blog post: In cases of
"critical vulnerabilities under ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/security/vulnerabilities/overcome-the-microsoft-mindset-patch-fas/240157912>
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Microsoft to Remove Apps with Critical Vulnerabilities
AMOG
Microsoft announced last Tuesday that they would remove apps they deemed
critically vulnerable from the Windows Store. This new policy will also be
employed to apps found in the Windows Phone Store, Office Store, and Azure
Marketplace. Because of this ...
<http://amog.com/tech/157298-microsoft-remove-apps-critical-vulnerabilities/>
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Vulnerability rewards programs provide economic incentive
SC Magazine
Corporate initiatives that pay researchers who discover vulnerabilities in
their software – commonly called bug bounty programs – are only
becoming more popular, and researchers from the University of California,
Berkeley, recently published a study ...
<http://www.scmagazine.com/vulnerability-rewards-programs-provide-economic-incentive/article/302680/>
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Six degrees of patches this July
Computerworld (blog)
Microsoft is aware that some legitimate Gadgets running in Windows Sidebar
could contain vulnerabilities. An attacker who successfully exploited a
Microsoft Gadget vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of
the current user. If the ...
<http://blogs.computerworld.com/windows/22468/six-degrees-patches>
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Browser Plug-In Vulns The Endpoint Weakest Link
Dark Reading
As much attention is given to zero-day attacks and system vulnerabilities,
the typical exploit assaulting enterprise endpoints actually looks for a
much easier attack vector to launch attacks. In more cases than not, the
application used to access the ...
<http://www.darkreading.com/end-user/browser-plug-in-vulns-the-endpoint-weake/240158193>
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Augustine: Decline in US Competitiveness Creates Security Vulnerabilities
National Defense Magazine (blog)
National Defense > Blog > Posts > Augustine: Decline in U.S.
Competitiveness Creates Security Vulnerabilities. 7/12/2013. Augustine:
Decline in U.S. Competitiveness Creates Security Vulnerabilities. By Steff
Thomas. Lockheed Martin's F-35 factory in ...
<http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1203>
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Targeted attacks exploit now-patched Windows bug revealed by Google engineer
Computerworld
"Microsoft was aware of this vulnerability being used to achieve elevation
of privilege in targeted attacks," the firm said in a security bulletin
Tuesday that covered eight flaws in Windows' kernel-mode drivers -- one of
them the vulnerability ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240774/Targeted_attacks_exploit_now_patched_Windows_bug_revealed_by_Google_engineer>
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The Daily Fusion | US DOE Report Assesses Energy Sector Vulnerability Due
to ...
Daily Fusion
Other effects may vary more by region, and the vulnerabilities faced by
various stakeholders may differ significantly depending on their specific
exposure to the condition or event. However, regional variation does not
imply regional isolation as ...
<http://dailyfusion.net/2013/07/u-s-doe-report-assesses-energy-sector-vulnerability-due-to-climate-change-14278/>
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Microsoft's 180-day fixing policy described as impractical
SC Magazine UK
Microsoft's new rule on application bug fixes is flawed itself, as some
vulnerabilities can take longer than 180 days to fix. Speaking to SC
Magazine, Mark Raeburn, CEO of Context Information Security, said that the
problem is that vulnerabilities will ...
<http://www.scmagazineuk.com/microsofts-180-day-fixing-policy-described-as-impractical/article/302665/>
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