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Plan ahead for upcoming security bulletins
Read the security bulletin advance notification for an overview of the October 2008 security bulletin release.
Posted on Thu, October 09 2008

October 2008 security bulletin webcast
Get an overview of the technical details of the October 2008 security bulletins.
Posted on Thu, October 09 2008

Microsoft security bulletin summary for September 2008
Download the September security updates, including updates for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.
Posted on Tue, September 09 2008

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Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Blog

Update 1: Microsoft Security Advisory 951306
Hello, Bill here, I wanted to let you know that we have just updated Microsoft Security Advisory (951306). Exploit code has been publis... more
Thursday, October 09, 2008 4:00:00 PM

Security Vulnerability Research and Defense

MS08-055: Microsoft security response process, behind the scenes
One of our blogging goals is to give you a peek “behind the scenes” into our security response process. We thought you might be interested i... more
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:56:00 AM

Microsoft Malware Protection Center Blog

Malware Writer Wants an Eye-to-Eye With Us
Zlob has been around for quite some time now and it is still evolving rapidly. If we thought of Zlob as a car, it has gone through the equiv... more
Friday, October 10, 2008 9:44:00 AM

Solution Accelerators - Security and Compliance

Update for Solution Accelerators Navigation.
Solution Accelerators Security site has a new face, you should check it out. The Solution Accelerators Techcenter for Security was published... more
Saturday, September 20, 2008 2:08:00 PM

Jeff Jones Security Blog

Apple Needs an SDL ?
Of course, if you ask me, everyone should be implementing a process that is SDL-like, so that isn't particularly interesting for me to write... more
Friday, September 19, 2008 1:25:56 PM

BlueHat Interviews

Move your mouse pointer over the images to see details about each video. Click an item to view. After launching a video, click “” to view full-screen. Visit Microsoft Security BlueHat Briefings for more information.