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Internet Explorer Web Browser Security Bug Fixed - SSO-AL2008-022, 18 December 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected Internet Explorer 5 Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 beta for the following operating system platforms: Windows (all versions) What is the problem? T...

Security update for Mozilla Firefox web browser and SeaMonkey application suite. - SSO-AD2008-026, 17 December 2008
Mozilla has corrected multiple bugs in Firefox and SeaMonkey.

Apple Mac OSX 10.5.6 and Security Update 2008-008 - SSO-AD2008-025, 16 December 2008
Software affected The following operating systems are affected: Mac OS X v10.5.5 and prior Mac OS X v10.4.11 Mac OS X Server v10.5.5 and prior Mac OS X Server v10.4.11 What is the problem? There are several bugs in Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10....

Newsletter December 2008 - SSO-NL2008-006, 12 December 2008


Internet Explorer Web Browser Security Bug - SSO-AL2008-021, 12 December 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected Internet Explorer 5 Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 beta for the following operating system platforms: Windows (all versions) What is the problem? T...

Microsoft Security Patches for December 2008 - SSO-AL2008-020, 10 December 2008
Software and platforms are affected The following software is affected Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Office XP Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Microsoft Office Frontpage ...

Malicious spam email about a fake antivirus product - SSO-AL2008-019, 05 December 2008
Software and platforms affected The following operating system platforms: Windows (all) What is the problem? A new email is circulating which is designed to infect your computer with a program that could allow an attacker to take control of your co...

New Sun Java corrects multiple bugs - SSO-AD2008-024, 05 December 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected Sun Java Runtime Environment (versions prior to 1.6.0_11) for the following operating system platforms: Microsoft Windows (any) Linux (any) What is the problem? There are several...

Potentially malicious spam emails and e-cards about Christmas and New Year - SSO-AD2008-023, 03 December 2008
Software and platform/s affected The following software is affected Not applicable. What is the problem? This is a reminder that around the Christmas and New Year holiday season criminals often send malicious spam emails and fake e-cards (with a Ch...

Security update for Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail program - SSO-AD2008-022, 24 November 2008
Software and platform/s affected The following software is affected Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 and earlier for the following operating system platform/s: Windows (any version) Mac OSX (any version) Linux (any version) What is the problem? There are s...

Security update for Apple iPhone and iPod touch - SSO-AL2008-018, 24 November 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected Apple iPhone 1.0 to 2.1 Apple iPod touch 1.1 to 2.1 What is the problem? There are several bugs in Apple iPhone and iPod touch software which, if not fixed, could result in the dev...

Apple Releases Update for Safari - SSO-AD2008-021, 14 November 2008
Software and platform/s affected The following software is affected Safari web browser versions before 3.2 for the following operating system platforms: Mac OS X 10.4.11 Mac OS X 10.5.5 Windows XP Windows Vista What is the problem? There are s...

Newsletter November 2008 - SSO-NL2008-005, 14 November 2008


Security update for Mozilla Firefox web browser and SeaMonkey application suite. - SSO-AD2008-020, 13 November 2008
Mozilla has corrected multiple bugs in Firefox and SeaMonkey.

Microsoft Security Patches for November 2008 - SSO-AL2008-017, 13 November 2008
Software and platforms are affected The following software is affected Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Fo...

Malicious spam emails about contracts may lead to computer infection - SSO-AD2008-019, 12 November 2008
Software and platforms affected The following operating system platforms: Windows (any version) What is the problem? Various spam emails are circulating which are designed to infect your computer with a program (malware) that could steal your passw...

Apple iLife and Aperture 2 security update - SSO-AD2008-018, 11 November 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected iLife '08 Aperture 2.x for the following operating system platforms: Mac OS X 10.4.9 to 10.4.11 What is the problem? There are several bugs in Apple software which, if not fixed,...

Security Update available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and prior - SSO-AL2008-016, 05 November 2008
Software and platform/s affected The following software is affected Adobe Reader 8.1.2 and prior Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 8.1.2 and prior for the following operating system platform/s: All Windows versions All Mac OS X versions...

Malicious spam emails about UPS packages may lead to computer infection - SSO-AD2008-017, 28 October 2008
Software and platforms affected The following operating system platforms: Windows (any version) What is the problem? Various spam emails are circulating which are designed to infect your computer with a program (malware) that could steal your passw...

New Critical Microsoft Security Patch - SSO-AL2008-015, 24 October 2008
Software and platforms affected The following operating system platforms are affected: Windows 2000 (all versions) Windows XP (all versions) Windows Vista (all versions) Windows Server 2003 (all versions) Windows Server 2008 (all versions) What ...

Optus MyZoo fraudulent email - SSO-AD2008-016, 23 October 2008
Software and platforms affected None. What is the problem? A new fraudulent email is circulating which is pretending to be from Optus.  This is a scam directed at people who use Optus Internet services.  If you follow the instru...

Security patch for multiple F-Secure products - SSO-AL2008-014, 22 October 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected (various versions) F-Secure Internet Security F-Secure Anti-Virus F-Secure Client Security F-Secure Protection Service F-Secure Home Server Security F-Secure Linux Security F-Se...

Adobe Flash Player 10 corrects multiple bugs - SSO-AD2008-015, 16 October 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected Adobe Flash Player prior to version 10.0.12.36 for the following operating system platform/s: Windows Mac OS X Linux What is the problem? There are bugs in the Adobe Flash Playe...

Malicious spam emails about airline ticketing may lead to computer infection - SSO-AD2008-014, 15 October 2008
Software and platforms affected The following operating system platforms: Windows (any version) What is the problem? Various spam emails are circulating which are designed to infect your computer with a program that could steal your passwords and o...

Microsoft Security Patches for October 2008 - SSO-AL2008-013, 15 October 2008
Software and platforms are affected The following software is affected Internet Explorer 5 Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 7 Microsoft Excel (all versions) Microsoft Excel (for Mac OS X) Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 Microsoft Window...

Newsletter October 2008 - SSO-NL2008-004, 15 October 2008


Apple Mac OSX Security Update - SSO-AD2008-013, 10 October 2008
Software affected for the following operating system platform/s: Mac OS X v10.5.5 Mac OS X v10.4.11 Mac OS X Server v10.5.5 Mac OS X Server v10.4.11 What is the problem? There are several bugs in Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Max OS X Serve...

Security update for Apple TV - SSO-AD2008-012, 03 October 2008
Apple has corrected multiple bugs in Apple TV

Security update for Mozilla Firefox web browser and SeaMonkey application suite. - SSO-AD2008-011, 24 September 2008
Mozilla has corrected multiple bugs in Firefox and SeaMonkey.

Newsletter September 2008 - SSO-NL2008-003, 17 September 2008


Multiple Apple Mac OSX Updates - SSO-AD2008-010, 16 September 2008
Software and platform affected The following software is affected Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4 Mac OS X 10.4.11 Mac OS X Server 10.5 through 10.5.4 Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 What is the problem? There are several bugs in Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X...

Malicious spam email about radiation contamination of Australia - SSO-AL2008-012, 12 September 2008
Software and platform affected The following operating system platform: Windows (any version) What is the problem? A spam email is circulating, targeting Australians, which is designed to infect your computer with a program that could steal your pa...

Microsoft Security Patches for September 2008 - SSO-AL2008-011, 10 September 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected Microsoft Windows Media Player Microsoft Office Developer Tools SQL Server Forefront Client Security for the following operating system platforms: Microsoft Windows 2000 Mic...

QuickTime 7.5.5 Fixes Multiple Security Bugs - SSO-AL2008-010, 10 September 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected Apple QuickTime prior to 7.5.5 for the following operating system platforms: Windows XP Windows Vista Mac OS X What is the problem? There are several bugs in QuickTime which, if...

Newsletter PDF file crashes
Some subscribers have reported that attempts to open the SSO Newsletters using Adobe Reader 7.0 fails; specifically that the Adobe Reader 7.0 crashes. Please note that there have been a number of stability issues reported in various versions of A...

Newsletter August 2008 - SSO-NL2008-002, 14 August 2008


Malicious spam emails about airline ticketing and contracts may lead to computer infection - SSO-AD2008-09, 15 August 2008
Software and platforms affected The following operating system platforms: Windows (any version) What is the problem? Various spam emails are circulating which are designed to infect your computer with a program that could steal your passw...

Microsoft Security Patches for August 2008 - SSO-AL2008-009, 13 August 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Outlook Express Microsoft MSN Messenger Microsoft Windows Messenger Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word ...

Malicious spam emails with CNN in the subject - SSO-AL2008-008, 11 August 2008
Software and platform/s affected The following operating system platform is affected: Microsoft Windows (Any version) What is the problem? A new email is circulating which is designed to infect your computer with a program that could steal your pas...

Multiple Apple Mac OSX Updates - SSO-AD2008-08, 01 August 2008
New versions of Apple software for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server fix multiple problems.

Security update for RealNetworks RealPlayer - SSO-AD2008-07, 28 July 2008
New versions of RealNetworks RealPlayer are available to fix security vulnerabilities

Malicious spam emails with varied subjects - SSO-AL2008-007, 21 July 2008
Software and platform affected The following operating system platform is affected: Microsoft Windows (Any version) What is the problem? A new email is circulating which is designed to infect your computer with a program that could steal your passw...

Security update for Mozilla Firefox web browser and SeaMonkey application suite. - SSO-AD2008-06, 17 July 2008
Mozilla has corrected multiple bugs in Firefox and SeaMonkey.

New Sun Java corrects multiple bugs - SSO-AD2008-05, 10 July 2008
Software and platforms affected The following software is affected Sun Java Runtime Environment for the following operating system platforms: Microsoft Windows (any) Linux (any) What is the problem? There are several bugs in the Sun Java Runtime...

Newsletter July 2008 - SSO-NL2008-01, 10 July 2008


Multiple bugs in Microsoft Windows operating systems - SSO-AD2008-04, 09 July 2008
Microsoft has released updates correcting multiple bugs for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Multiple Apple Mac and Safari Updates - SSO-AD2008-03, 01 July 2008
Software and platform/s affected The following software is affected Safari web browser versions before 3.1.2 Mac OS X operating system components for the following operating system platform/s: Mac OS X 10.4 Mac OS X 10.5 Mac OS X 10.4 Server Ma...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 security bug - SSO-AD2008-02, 27 June 2008
Software and platform/s affected The following software is affected Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for the following operating system platform/s: Windows XP Windows 2000 What is the problem? There is a bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer vers...

Malicious spam email - SSO-AL2008-006, 25 June 2008
A series of spam emails that contain a link to a fake website.

Security Update available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 - SSO-AL2008-005, 25 June 2008
Software and platform/s affected The following software is affected Adobe Reader 8.0 through 8.1.2 Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and prior Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 8.0 through 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 7.0.9 and pri...