Microsoft Security Advisory Notification Issued: July 29, 2014


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Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification
Issued: July 29, 2014
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Security Advisories Updated or Released Today ==============================================
 
* Microsoft Security Advisory (2915720)
  - Title: Changes in Windows Authenticode Signature Verification
  - https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2915720
  - Revision Note: V1.4 (July 29, 2014): Revised advisory to
    announce that Microsoft no longer plans to enforce the stricter
    verification behavior as a default functionality on supported
    releases of Microsoft Windows. It remains available as an
    opt-in feature. See the Advisory FAQ section for more
    information.
 
 
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