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Tweet This security update resolves sixteen privately reported and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the…

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Tweet Microsoft has announced that Windows Phone 8 has received the FIPS 140-2 security standard, which means devices with the OS will likely be used more by U.S. government agencies. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet Microsoft has released a patch designed to plug a security exploit discovered in current versions Internet Explorer, which has already been used by hackers in a limited number of attacks. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet Microsoft has re-released several security bulletins it launched last week to fix issues that were discovered after they were issued, in a trend that has some security experts concerned. Read more…      Neowin