Security News > 2011 > March > March Patch Tuesday leaves IE unpatched for Pwn2Own hackers

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/ms_march_patch_tuesday_pre_alert/ By John Leyden The Register 4th March 2011 Microsoft -- unlike its browser rivals -- will not be patching Internet Explorer before the upcoming Pwn2Own hacking contest next week. A March Patch Tuesday pre-alert, published on Thursday, reveals that Redmond will be issuing three security bulletins next week, one of which affects a critical flaw in Windows and none of which relates to IE. The critical update affects Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 while the two lesser risk ("important") bulletins cover a separate flaw in Windows and an update for the Office Groove 2007 software. Net security firm Qualys said it expected the important update would cover a recently discovered MHTML Information Disclosure bug. Redmond last patched IE in February, while Mozilla and Google each patched Firefox (more info here) and Chrome (here) respectively earlier this week -- ahead of the annual fun and games of the Pwn2Own hacking contest. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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