Microsoft today warned that hackers are using rigged QuickTime media files to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in DirectShow, the APIs used by Windows programs for multimedia support. Microsoft ...

Thousands of legitimate Web sites hacked over the weekend are launching drive-by attacks using an exploit of a second critical unpatched vulnerability in Windows’ DirectShow component, a Danish ...

Today’s Patch Tuesday update release from Microsoft ships out a bevy of high-priority fixes, including five rated critical. Many of the vulnerabilities are likely to be attacked, according to Redmond.

Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday describing a newly disclosed bug in Microsoft DirectShow that could enable remote code execution attacks. In its advisory, the software giant said the ...

REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 24, 2001 — Microsoft Corp., on the eve of the launch of the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system, today announced that more than 150 companies are supporting the new digital ...