Clearly, this was not some little problem caused by a Microsoft update.
Flame uses an MD5 hash collision to create counterfeit Microsoft update certificates.
FORBES: Flame's MD5 collision is the most worrisome security discovery of 2012
After the series of attacks against Certificate Authorities in 2011 that included Comodo, Diginotar and StartSSL, I was perturbed to see a statement from the Comodo Hacker where he claimed to have completely reverse engineered the Microsoft update service.
FORBES: Flame's MD5 collision is the most worrisome security discovery of 2012
Soon after releasing the update Microsoft received reports that, in some circumstances, it was causing Internet Explorer to crash.
In addition, Microsoft showed an update to Bing Maps that enables indoor search, such as within shopping malls, and a Google Goggles-like service called Bing Vision that lets users scan products like books to find quick links to product reviews, prices and vendors.
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This update had Microsoft's highest "critical" rating and fixed eight vulnerabilities in the popular browser.
Microsoft issued an emergency update to all Windows computers and servers June 3 to revoke the stolen certificate.
Microsoft launched the Mango update for its Windows Phone devices in late 2011.
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The release will mark the first major update of Microsoft's operating system since Windows 7 was released three years ago.
Microsoft is releasing an update to its Xbox Live service tonight which will transform the Xbox into a full-on media center.
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To prevent an attacker from exploiting Microsoft in the same way again, tomorrow's patch includes a change to Microsoft's Windows Update service.
The statistics in the report were gathered from the 600 million machines that are enrolled in Microsoft's various update services or use its Essentials and Defender security packages.
Since last summer, Apple has been denying Microsoft the ability to update its SkyDrive app for iOS due to arguments over a drop in revenue from the app.
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Perhaps the biggest news with this update is what Microsoft didn't do, considering the way it talked up the new version at its initial launch.
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Rather than abandon these users, Microsoft has provided one more major update for 7.x users.
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The fix was scheduled to be released on 10 April - the next date for Microsoft's regular monthly security update.
Microsoft just unveiled the first major update to Windows 8, and it includes tweaks to nearly every aspect of the operating system: the lock screen, Start menu, Windows Store and onscreen keyboard.
Microsoft has pushed out a software update (note that they could not just revoke certificates and replace them, they had to change their software) to address Flame and the authors of Flame have begun to erase it from infected machines.
FORBES: Flame's MD5 collision is the most worrisome security discovery of 2012
Microsoft says it has no plans to update the software, and doesn't guarantee that it will remain available from the company.
Microsoft said the security problem introduced by its update would affect the relatively small number of users running Windows 2000.
Hot on the heels of the Dashboard update for the Xbox 360, Microsoft's SmartGlass integration is now a reality for Android 4.0 users.
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T-Mobile and Microsoft have unleashed a new Windows Phone 8 update (version 8.0.10211.204, if you must know) to polish the OS for HTC 8X devices.
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The service is called Xbox Live Video, and the fall update enables customers to spend their Microsoft points on standard and HD television from CBS, MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Turner, and UFC, as well as HD movies from Warner Bros.
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Update: It's actually a Microsoft Research project that uses a Kinect for a Windows camera combined with a projector.
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Earlier this week Microsoft rolled out their highly-anticipated Xbox 360 update.
Eric Hautala -- the cog in the Microsoft machine responsible for Windows Phone 7's update mechanism -- has taken to the company's official Windows Phone blog today to deep-dive on some of the concerns, problems, and delays that have dogged the platform's updates so far.
The temperature rise had been due to a firmware update failure, wrote Arthur de Haan, Microsoft vice president.
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