Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
The DirectX update also patches two bugs, and is rated
critical for DirectX 7, 8, 9 and 10 on all currently supported versions
of Windows except Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008.
The first is triggered by the playback of a
maliciously crafted MJPEG video stream in an AVI or ASF file. A
successful exploit gives the attacker full control of the system, and
could be conducted by embedding such a file in a web page or attaching
it to an email.
(Microsoft isn't the only company still having problems with malicious
media files - Apple this week updated QuickTime to address similar
issues in the handling of other types of file.)
The important bulletins cover a WINS vulnerability affecting Windows
2000 and Server 2003; an Active Directory issue on Windows 2000, XP,
Server 2003 and Server 2008; and a pair of vulnerabilities in the
(apparently rarely used) Pragmatic General Multicast protocol on XP,
Server 2003, Vista and Server 2008
Since PGM is disabled by default on all versions of Windows that
support it, that flaw is unlikely to be a concern for most users. But
it may be wise to apply the patch anyway, in case the protocol is
activated at a later date.
The final bulletin for June is a cumulative update of ActiveX kill bits
to protect against a potential remote code exploit via a vulnerability
that exists when Internet Explorer and speech recognition are both in
use.
The vulnerability is rated moderate on Windows 2000, XP and Vista, and low on Server 2003 and 2008.
Microsoft has also updated the Malicious Software Removal Tool, the
Windows Mail junk email filter, Windows Media Center for Vista
(multiple bug fixes), and an XP update to help stave off the
widely-reported issue that occurs when installing SP3 on a non-Intel
based system.
David Bass
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