New Zealand hacker Beau Butler pointed out an ancient (1999) computer bug still posed problems for web browsers all the way up to modern versions.

The new Daylight Savings Time starting date, three weeks earlier than in past years, may have prompted Microsoft to skip issuing patches on the second Tuesday of the month as they normally do.

Microsoft has capitulated to a lot of annoyed and loud customers, releasing a patch for Windows Mobile that fixes the Daylight Saving Time issue. Microsoft is doing this despite the fact that it has always been the responsibility of device makers, they weren’t going to let those companies screw their customers and mess up Outlook Mobile.

A vulnerability in Skype’s VoIP software could have permitted file transfers from one Skype user to another without requiring consent from the recipient.

Microsoft made a step this week towards working cooperatively with other applications, but it resulted in a decidedly less than a positive outcome. A patch for the Adobe Flash Player, offered through the Windows Update service, seems to create more problems than it resolves.

Microsoft’s most recent updates apparently caused problems more than a few users: Microsoft Patch Snafu Grows, Users Seek Workaround.

Microsoft is being required to issue patches for new installations of Office Professional Edition 2003, Office XP Professional, and Access 2002 and 2003 after losing a 2005 patent infringement case. This means that companies in the process of new installations of the affected products must update them.

Rather than wait through the weekend until Patch Tuesday, Microsoft made a patch for the critical flaw available today.

The search appliance that has been part of a recent Google hardware promotion contained a “highly critical” flaw leading to the presence of several exploitable bugs.

With easy access to Broadband and DSL the number of people using the Internet has skyrocketed in recent years.

A previously announced critical update for the Windows operating system won’t be available on Tuesday.

The Backup Exec software contains a problem that imperils backup servers, and systems with remote backup agents installed.

Multiple systems at several site in the country experienced worm-related shutdowns, and were likely Zotob-related.

At least one of the six Windows updates to be released for August will be rated Critical, the highest Maximum Security rating.

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory regarding the use of skin patches containing the “very strong narcotic” pain reliever, fentanyl, while investigating 120 deaths that may have been due to overdose.

A denial of service flaw in the Windows Remote Desktop Service could be attacked, causing a system crash.

For the past several months, the second Tuesday of the month has been when Microsoft released updates for its software.

A patch has been made available for Veritas Backup Exec, which is vulnerable to a buffer overflow exploit.

Kernel programmers need to keep track of patches. That’s pretty obvious, but what isn’t immediately obvious to those of us who aren’t kernel developers is just how onerous that task is for Linux kernels.

The now-familiar second Tuesday of the month arrival of Microsoft security bulletins brought ten new arrivals to enterprises and individuals.

At least one of the seven security bulletins for Windows has been designated Critical by the software company.