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- Microsoft releases six critical security bulletins for February
- For February's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a dozen security bulletins, rating six of them as critical. John McCormick tells you what you need to know about the six critical updates. For February's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 12 security bulletins, half of which the company has rated as critical....
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Microsoft Office, Web browsers, security, COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability, vulnerability, Microsoft Security Bulletin, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Workaround, Threat, Bulletin, Security Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites
- Technical articles 2007-02-16
- Get the details on Microsoft's security bulletins for April
- DetailsMicrosoft has released a slew of critical bulletins for the cruelest month of all (tax day for U.S. readers). This month we have three new critical bulletins one of which was updated over the weekend addressing a number of vulnerabilities, along with two more bulletins addressing minor issues. (Of course...
- Tags: bulletin, COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability, DHTML Method Call Memory Corruption Vulnerability, John McCormick, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Vulnerability
- Technical articles 2006-04-17
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- Microsoft releases cumulative security patch for IE
- The holidays came early this year for Internet Explorer users when Microsoft released a cumulative security update for the flaw-plagued browser. Rounding out Redmond's monthly patch release was a fix for a relatively minor Windows 2000 vulnerability. John McCormick has the details about both security bulletins in this edition of...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, vulnerability, File Download Dialog Box Manipulation, security, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Adobe Systems Inc., Threat, MS05-054, HTTPS Proxy Vulnerability, Secunia.com, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2005-12-19
- OpenBSD remote vulnerability
- OpenBSD have recently had to change their motto ‘Only one remote exploit in 10 years’ to ‘Only two remote holes in the default install, in more than 10 years’ following the disclosure of a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the systems IPv6 data handling. The issue was discovered by security consulting...
- Tags: General, Security, Openbsd, Open Source
- Blog posts 2007-03-16
- Get up to speed on Microsoft's seven critical security bulletins
- For May's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released seven security bulletins -- and they're all critical updates. John McCormick tells you what you need to know about all seven security bulletins. May's Patch Tuesday didn't just mean seven critical security bulletins for admins to worry about -- it also welcomed...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Word processors, security, vulnerability, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Version, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Service Pack 2, Update, Threat, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Bulletin, Security Bulletin, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2007-05-14
- Security news roundup: November 6
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers an escalation of priviledge vulnerability found in the Macrovision driver on Windows, a new release of Apple's QuickTime which fixes seven critical vulnerabilities, and vulnerabilities discovered in Perl and its Regular Expressions library. Escalation of priviledge...
- Tags: Perl, Apple QuickTime, Vulnerability, Macrovision Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Security Advisory, Digital Music, Security, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- Security news roundup: November 1
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which cover a vulnerability discovered in Novell's BorderManager 3.8 Client Trust, a memory corruption vulnerability in CUPS, and a new Mac Trojan that masquerades as a video codec for watching pornography. Novell patches BorderManager 3.8 Client Trust vulnerability...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Apple Macintosh, Vulnerability, Codec, Trojan Horse, Authentication, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- .NET Global singleton class
- Can I create a Singleton class in a global assembly that is shared among different processes? In other words, every process that has a reference to that library obtains always a reference to the same object when it instantiates such a classI'm not sure offhand. But you can try declaring...
- Tags: SuperCiccio, programming, Singleton Class, Microsoft .NET, namespace
- Q&A 2006-05-03
- Which of Microsoft's August security bulletins should you worry about most?
- Microsoft released 12 security bulletins for August's Patch Tuesday, rating nine of them as critical threats. With this many updates in a single month, how do you know which ones to concentrate on first? John McCormick weighs the threats in this edition of the IT Locksmith, and he tells you...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Microsoft Windows, bulletin, vulnerability, Microsoft Security Bulletin, Microsoft Security, security bulletin, security, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Threat, Microsoft PowerPoint, MS06-047, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites
- Technical articles 2006-08-14
- Think FAST!: Use Memory Tables (Hashing) for Faster Merging
- The objective of this paper is to present a simple way to merge datasets using memory tables. Well, actually, it will be an associative array or hash object. However, by simply thinking of this "Object" as an in-memory table, it just may help to grasp the hashing concepts and feel...
- Tags: SAS Institute
- White papers 2006-02-28
- Boost IE security by disabling Active Scripting and ActiveX controls
- Internet Explorer has had more than its fair share of security problems, and critical vulnerabilities continue to plague Microsoft's Web browser. However, you can make IE safer for browsing the Web by disabling Active Scripting and ActiveX controls. Mike Mullins tells you how. Security problems have plagued Microsoft's Internet...
- Tags: ActiveX Control, Microsoft Internet Explorer, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web browsers, Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, Active Scripting, vulnerability, security, Security Solutions Newsletter, Bulletin, Mike Mullins, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"
- Technical articles 2005-12-15
- Microsoft releases three critical security bulletins for August
- Microsoft has released six security bulletins for August, three of which are critical. However, of the three critical updates, only one has seen active exploitation so far. In this edition of the IT Locksmith, John McCormick's got the details on MS05-038, MS05-039, and MS05-043. After releasing only three...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Microsoft Word, Patches, security bulletin, vulnerability, security, Microsoft Security, MS05-038, bulletin, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Microsoft Windows Server, Update, Threat, JPEG Image Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Web Folder Behaviors Cross-Domain Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Technical articles 2005-08-15
- Microsoft patches spell happy holidays
- That is a firstWell, this is a first from Microsoft, they seem to be always handing out patches for their software. But must admit, I haven't got very many patches through my Automatic Updates, which is good.it ain't over yetGee, it's nice to know that Microsoft doesn't have any...
- Tags: buffer-overflow, Buffer-Overflow Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft fan, Microsoft Internet, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, patch management, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2004-12-15
- Testing
- What Is Format Test Cases Or Use Cases?And What Is Sevirty or Priverty?format test cases are procedures used to test object oriented classes using the ASTOOT methodology. google it In a nutshell, a format test case excerscises the functionality of an object and helps to identify any code defects within...
- Tags: Use Case, severity
- Q&A 2005-08-05
- PowerPoint 97 Update: HTML Script Vulnerability (EXE)
- The PowerPoint 97 HTML Script Vulnerability Update eliminates a security vulnerability in the PowerPoint 97 object model that could expose it to unsafe scripts when a user views a Web page or HTML e-mail message. Once the patch is installed, PowerPoint 97 can only be scripted if the Initialize and...
- Tags: HTML, Vulnerability, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., PowerPoint 97 HTML Script Vulnerability Update, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-19
- SQL Express memory consumption..
- ..is much much higher than MSDE. Keeping the database the same, the memory used by SQL Expressas shown in Task Manager for the sqlserver process is 220 MB; when I had it running with MSDE, it was 70 MB tops. What is going on? is there a way to...
- Tags: memory, stevef199, programming, SQL
- Q&A 2006-02-12
- Don't Get Hacked: Automated Remote Vulnerability Scanning
- This white paper describes advantages of using Open Source Vulnerability Analysis tools to protect the Internet facing servers. While acknowledging that Vulnerability Analysis is only a part of the solution to securing the server, it is clear that a reliable ongoing vulnerability analysis is a step in the right direction.
- Tags: Vulnerability, Internet, Productivity, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-08-01
- Memory Best Practices for the BlackBerry Java Development Environment
- This paper provides a set of best practices for memory management in applications for the BlackBerry Wireless Handheld. These best practices include tools, tips and other ideas for managing critical handheld resources and minimizing memory usage. The following resources must be managed by applications from a memory perspective - flash...
- Tags: Environment, Memory, RIM BlackBerry, Best Practice, Development Environment, Handhelds, Hardware
- White papers 2005-03-17
- Automated Vulnerability Detection System
- Vulnerability assessments have been recently identified, by independent market research, as one of the most sought after managed security outsourcing services. As with the outsourcing of any business function, the final decision is based on whether or not a trusted partner can do the job more efficiently, cheaper, and perhaps...
- Tags: Vulnerability Assessment, Outsourcing, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2006-08-16
- Vulnerability Anti.dote - The End to Enterprises' Security Patch Management Headaches
- Every malware attack, by definition, exploits a vulnerability. Finjan's Vulnerability Anti.dote identifies specific vulnerabilities and their variants, and using advanced behavior analysis proactively blocks any active content trying to exploit such a vulnerability. This means that you are protected against malware exploits, such as IFrame, even before software vendors have...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Finjan Software Inc., Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms
- White papers 2005-02-01
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