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Email

LOW
RISK

Use Basic Caution

Microsoft releases fixes for security issues
On October 13, 2009, Microsoft published 13 Security Bulletins for vulnerabilities in various products. Attackers can distribute malware for some of these issues through email. Apply the updates immediately. >Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October

Web Activities

LOW
RISK

Use Basic Caution

Microsoft releases fixes for security issues
On October 13, 2009, Microsoft published 13 Security Bulletins for vulnerabilities in various products. Attackers can exploit some of these issues by enticing victims to visit a malicious site. Apply the updates immediately. >Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October

Instant Messaging

LOW
RISK

Use Basic Caution

Microsoft releases fixes for security issues
On October 13, 2009, Microsoft published 13 Security Bulletins for vulnerabilities in various products. Attackers can distribute malware for some of these issues through instant-messaging applications. Apply the updates immediately. >Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October

File Sharing

LOW
RISK

Use Basic Caution

Microsoft releases fixes for security issues
On October 13, 2009, Microsoft published 13 Security Bulletins for vulnerabilities in various products. Attackers can distribute malware for some of these issues through file-sharing applications. Apply the updates immediately. >Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October

How They Attack

Threats today have become more complicated. They tend to use multiple vectors to spread, thus increasing their chances of infection. Once on the system, these threats tend to show little to no symptoms so they can survive undetected.


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