technet.microsoft.com - 12/9/2008
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The Microsoft Exploitability Index is designed to provide additional information to help customers better prioritize the deployment of Microsoft security updates. This index provides customers with guidance on the likelihood of functioning exploit code being developed for vulnerabilities ...
techflash.com - 12/14/2008
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techflash.com —
Given the popularity of the iPhone, this was
bound to happen sometime, and here it is: Microsoft
Live Labs today becomes the first group inside the Redmond company to release an application for Apple's mobile phone. Seadragon Mobile , published to the ...
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Microsoft's first iPhone app: Live Labs releases ...
microsoft.com - 12/6/2008
adage.com - 12/6/2008
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adage.com —
New branded apparel is meant to suggest Microsoft's
1980s salad days Posted by Rupal Parekh on 12.05.08
@ 08:54 PM NEW YORK (AdAge.com)—Microsoft is going from marketing computer programs to making clothes, with a new line of graphic tees dubbed ...
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Microsoft Turns to Crispin and the Rapper Common for New ...
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Microsoft Patch Day Brings Eight Security Bulletins
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... , said that all of these patches should be taken seriously. "Most of these are ranked 'highly exploitable,'" she said, referring to the exploitability index that Microsoft introduced several months ago. She advises IT managers to install the Windows and Internet Explorer patches as soon as possible, despite the system and server restart that will be required.
Microsoft has a big patch day, warns of next security hole
TG Daily - All News —
... (the main Windows graphics engine responsible for drawing all windows, fonts, images, mouse pointers, everything), Windows Explorer, Visual Basic 6.0, Word and Excel. Most of those patches require a system restart. Two additional "Important" patches were also issued for SharePoint Server and Windows Media components. These may require a restart. And Microsoft also included several other regular updates for a wide range of their software, including developer tools. Microsoft uses an Exploitability Index Assessment gauge to determine the likelihood of the bug being exploited ...
March 2009 Monthly Bulletin Release
Bink.nu —
... , as well as an Exploitability Index rating for each. Also, Microsoft recommends that all customers sign up for Microsoft Update (MU) and enable its Automatic Updates functionality to receive all updates available this month and to help make their systems more secure. Customers can sign up for MU by following the steps at ...
Microsoft introduces tools and guidance to manage online threats at Black Hat USA 2009
D' Technology Weblog —
... (MAPP), Microsoft Exploitability Index and Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) programs increase the level of industry collaboration, and Exploitability Index builds. In “ ...
Microsoft, Industry Make Progress Defending Against Online Threats
Bink.nu —
... (MAPP), Microsoft Exploitability Index and Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) programs, announced at Black Hat last year. The MAPP and MSVR programs increase the level of industry collaboration, and the Exploitability Index builds on this collaboration and provides additional information and guidance on managing risk to Microsoft customers. In a new report, “ ...
On eve of security show, vendors say they’re mending Internet security flaws
VentureBeat —
... such as the Microsoft Exploitability Index that warned of the likelihood that certain flaws in software would be exploited. This year, it says that the index was 99 percent accurate in assessing 140 different threats in the past year. Tools like this are helping the industry come together and form more sophisticated defences, said Andrew Cushman, Microsoft senior director at the Microsoft Security Response Center. ...
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