MS06-076: Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (923694)   12 Dec 2006 08:00 GMT
Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This update resolves a newly discovered, privately reported vulnerability. The vulnerability is documented in the "Vulnerability Details" section of this bulletin. We recommend that customers should apply the update at the earliest opportunity.
Source: TechNet

MS06-075: Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (926255)   12 Dec 2006 08:00 GMT
Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-075: Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (926255)
Source: TechNet

MS06-074: Vulnerability in SNMP Could Allow Remote Code Execution (926247)   12 Dec 2006 08:00 GMT
Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - Vulnerability in SNMP Could Allow Remote Code Execution (926247)
Source: TechNet

MS06-073: Vulnerability in Visual Studio 2005 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925674)   12 Dec 2006 08:00 GMT
Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - There is a vulnerability in Visual Studio 2005 that could allow remote code execution.
Source: TechNet

MS06-072: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (925454)   12 Dec 2006 08:00 GMT
Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This update resolves several newly discovered vulnerabilities. Each vulnerability is documented in its own subsection in the Vulnerability Details section of this bulletin. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. We recommend that customers apply the update immediately.
Source: TechNet

Alleged NASA hacker's appeal set for New Year   12 Dec 2006 00:28 GMT
Gary McKinnon, the Briton faced with extradition to the U.S., is charged with hacking into U.S. military systems.
Source: ZDNet

Word suffers from second newfound security flaw   11 Dec 2006 16:21 GMT
Zero-day flaw, which is could let attacker gain remote access to a system, affects Word 2000, 2002 and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003.
Source: ZDNet

Mobile phones, MySpace-like sites to be targets in 2007   11 Dec 2006 14:00 GMT
Malicious hackers will open a new front in the multibillion-dollar "cyberwar" in 2007, targeting mobile phones, instant messaging and community Web sites such as MySpace, security experts predict.
Source: Computerworld

Weekend hack attack exploits second Word flaw   11 Dec 2006 14:00 GMT
Microsoft has confirmed attacks on a second Word flaw over the weekend, with neither of the two security vulnerabilities slated to be addressed in tomorrow's Patch Tuesday batch.
Source: Computerworld

Newly Untangled firm debuts open-source SMB security appliance   11 Dec 2006 14:00 GMT
The company formerly known as Metavize has announced a name change, to Untangle, and the introduction of a Linux-based security appliance for small and mid-sized businesses.
Source: Computerworld