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We have a reminder for you — tomorrow is Update Tuesday — and there are more than Microsoft’s update(s) coming. If you recall, we posted on the 15th of December about an Adobe Reader/Acrobat 0-Day vulnerability. There are limited exploits being used in targeted attacks. We detected that exploit as: Exploit:W32/AdobeReader.Uz.... 

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I have often recommended file-scanning services like VirusTotal and Jotti , which allow visitors to upload a suspicious file and scan it against dozens of commercial anti-virus tools. If a scan generates any virus alerts or red flags, the report produced by the scan is shared with all of the participating anti-virus makers so that those vendors... 

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Microsoft on Tuesday released software updates to fix at least 15 security flaws in Windows, Windows Server and Microsoft Office. One of the patches addresses a flaw so serious that users could find their Windows PCs compromised just by visiting booby-trapped Web sites. Richie Lai, director of vulnerability research for patch management firm Qualys,... 

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