04.06.10
Coverage of Microsoft’s Emergency Patch in Microsoft-Funded Media
Ziff Davis is paid by Microsoft to sell the illusion that Windows Vista is secure
Summary: Links and information about Microsoft’s latest security errors
MICROSOFT is a customer of Ziff Davis [1, 2, 3] and IDG [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], but the emergency patches that we wrote about very briefly last week are being covered by those publishers too. New examples:
• IDG: Microsoft Prepares Internet Explorer Patch
• IDG: What You Need to Know about Microsoft’s Emergency IE Patch (also here)
• IDG: Microsoft to Patch IE With Emergency Fix
• IDG: Emergency IE Patch Fixes Zero-Day Flaw
• IDG’s Microsoft Subnet: Unscheduled patch release from Microsoft? Pay attention
• IDG: Bugs & Fixes: Patch Problem Uncovers Hidden Infection (also in here)
• IDG’s joke about “Microsoft Windows 7 Security Edition”: Microsoft Windows 7 Security Edition review
• Ziff Davis: Microsoft to Release IE Security Patch
• Ziff Davis: How to Reduce Malware-Induced Security Breaches
Another source says that “Twitter Urges Upload of Microsoft I.E. Security Patch,” but Twitter could just recommend a better Web browser or operating system that is inherently secure. v3.co.uk publishes “A week in security: Apple and Microsoft patch numerous flaws” and Mercury offers “Tips on protecting your PC” (where by "PC" it actually means Windows). Why not recommend other platforms as a remedy? █
