An interesting patch day

Microsoft has just released its security bulletins for September. Eight vulnerabilities have been fixed, all rated critical. The 0-day affecting IIS has not been fixed. MS09-045: vulnerability in the Windows JScript scripting engine (Ref Lexsi 12234) MS09-046: vulnerability in the […]

BSOD … and even more

Yesterday, a vulnerability (Lexsi Ref. 12225) announced as a remote denial of service affecting Microsoft Windows Vista, Seven and 2008 has been published by a security researcher. It affects the driver for the SMBv2 protocol, a new version of the […]

Neeris worm: looking for "case zero"

The first half of 2009 has seen the following main virus threats: Conficker, Virut and Neeris. The latter is a worm which spreads like Conficker by exploiting the MS08-067 vulnerability. It was far from receiving the same media attention as […]