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Microsoft finally patches gaping IE exploit with Patch Tuesday update

For the last decade, admins have awaited Microsoft Patch Tuesday with dread – or perhaps delight, but that seems highly doubtful. There’s no time to delay when it comes to patching this month, however, as Microsoft finally closed the gaping zero-day hole in IE that is being actively exploited in the wild by cyber crooks, nation-state hackers and pen testers.
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Report: Google Patches Serious Android Security Flaw – The VAR Guy


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Report: Google Patches Serious Android Security Flaw
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Despite knowing since this past February that a significant vulnerability in Android's security could enable cyber attackers to take over a user's smartphone, Google (GOOG) only just provided a patch to OEMs to ship to customers, according to a ZDNet

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Google patches recent Android security hole, already distributed to OEMs – androidandme.com

Google patches recent Android security hole, already distributed to OEMs
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Google quickly updated Play Store security to prevent apps from allowing modification. Apps downloaded from the Play Store are completely safe. If you pirated apps or used third party app markets, you were at risk. Samsung had fixed the issue in the

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Microsoft patches Pwn2Own & IE8 ‘nuke’ critical holes

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, but be ready to reboot as Microsoft released 10 security bulletins to patch 33 vulnerabilities that are listed as critical or important.
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