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- Bolted-on security features aren't secure
- Jaqui Greenlees, a software developer, consultant, and former highly active member of the TechRepublic community, has been known about these parts for making some provocative statements at times. He is critical of JavaScript as a security risk to a degree that makes me look like a JavaScript cheerleader (and...
- Tags: Window, Information, Microsoft Corp., Security Feature, Jaqui, WGA/MGA, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- A poke in the eye
- of all proprietary software companies:http://jaqui-greenlees.net/blog/2007/11/14/a-thought-about-proprietary-software/]:)A poke in the eye?C'mon Jaqui, I know you can do better than that!but mae,the only way microsoft can prove they are not embedding malware into any of their software is to release the sources ]:)[ or adobe, autodesk, corel, altova, ... ]as long as they...
- Tags: Construction, Jaqui, window, Pike, MS Server, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- When will Microsoft embrace Web standards?
- MS and web standards?I never expect MS to meet any standards, since they ignore the ISO standards for OS Security even.[ if MS met the ISO standards for OS security, they wouldn't have so many exploitable holes in their code base ]on another note:HTML email is a standard, FOR SPAM.any...
- Tags: Web browsers, Jaqui, Microsoft Corp., HTML, Web Standards, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- Are we irresponsible in reporting new threats? Are we just wasting space/time?
- reposting my comment from the original discussionyes, be more responsible.As I'm sure you know from reading a number of my comments, I follow a lot of the same sources you do for Security Issues, I just think you may need to re evaluate your cri
- Tags: security update, programming, networking, it management, career, security, software, windows, Jaqui, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, flaw, network
- Discussion threads 2006-12-18
- MS improved security with IE7?
- I just saw a really interesting activex popup message bar in IE7 while trying to find the error message a client was reporting.[ the only client I have with MS software ]"We have improved intranet security by changing permissions, but we have don
- Tags: error message, ie7, Internet, Intranet, Jaqui, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, networking, security, software, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-12-05
- IE 9.9?!?!?!
- Msie 9.9 number of visits 4From the full browser and version list for my site stats.Infernal Exploiter 9.9?Ms hasn't even released version 7 yet.What ???ok, I give up, what is that now?simpleaccording to aw stats, my site has been visited 4 times this month by someone using internet explorer...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, browsers, Jaqui, Microsoft Corp., Web browser
- Discussion threads 2006-06-23
- Sail through Web page navigation with tabIndex
- InterestingI had run across the tabindex used a few times and was going to look at them, you saved me a lot of effort by doing the research for me. :)usability nightmareIt's yet another way to make your webpage behave in surprising ways so that things work in ways the...
- Tags: tabIndex, web scripting, Jaqui, programming, Microsoft Corp., W3C, Web
- Discussion threads 2006-05-15
- Canadian Government Discriminating...
- Canadian Government Discriminating...against F.O.S.S.My response to them because of it:I think this Article is quite clear:http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/04/233250&tid=136&tid=2&tid=132I'll add to that:Since Microsoft Software is notorious for not being securable, any Government of Canada Computer running Microsoft software put's that Government Agency in direct VIOLATION of the Privacy Protection ACT.UNTIL such time as...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Federal Census, linux, crime, corruption, discrimination, f.o.s.s., Canadian Government Discriminating, Jaqui, Microsoft Software, computer, software, Canadian Government
- Discussion threads 2006-05-05
- Microsoft investing in..
- writing bugs?http://www.hexview.com/msva.htmlfound this when looking at the latest high rated vulnerability, seems MS office is a big security hole, buffer / stack overflow errors allowing for remote execution of arbitrary code.and the excell spreadsheet / office document can be served from a website to trigger the exploit.MS' own security bulliten...
- Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-03-20
- Firefox Exploit...
- Code posted on a cracker's website TuesdayPatch released to remove exploitable error Wednesdaya one day patch time.gotta love when the real strength of OPEN SOURCE software shows even Microsoft's BEST effort as being lacking. one tenth the time for fixing a Firefox exploit over the WMF exploit.full article on it,...
- Tags: buffer-overflow, denial of service, exploit, Firefox Exploit, Jaqui, linux., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, open source, patch, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-02-09
- I was most surprised when
- I read the title of your post ... Microsoft releasing source code?? That would be like Man going to the Moon .................. without a rocket :D]:)Yes .... VeryI am going to pass it around in my tech department ... God knows we could use a laugh :D]:)Microsoft Releasing Source Code?In...
- Tags: Evaluation Criteria, information technology, ISO/IEC, IT security, Jaqui, legal, Microsoft Corp., open source, operating system, Security, Security technique, Security Techniques, source code, standards, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-01-26
- hmmm yet another Microsoft screwup....
- hmmm yet another Microsoft screwup....This one in the PRIVACY DEPARTMENT!!!!!They admitted, publicly, that they took data from your msn searches and handed it to us government, to allow the us government to illegally tap your phones and monitor your internet activities.That is SPYWARE in action..oh, it's Microsoft in action, the...
- Tags: government, Jaqui, legal, log, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., privacy
- Discussion threads 2006-01-25
- EU taking on M.S. ...
- EU taking on M.S. ...yet anopther court order against MS from the EU courts.. this one because MS has not complied with one from March 2004.http://www.itworldcanada.com//Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=idgml-14808322-681d-4f88-a149-c9d97935910eStrangeI went to the court of First Instance's web page to read about the original ruling and about this judgement, but wasn't able to find...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-02
- Microsoft's April Security Update Will Contain eight Patches
- (8 April 2005)Preceding the release of its scheduled monthly security update, Microsoft has announced that it will be releasing eight patches, five of which are for vulnerabilities in Windows. Several of the Windows patches are for critical vulnerabilities; there will also be patches for critical flaws in Office, MSN Messenger...
- Tags: Jaqui, Microsoft Corp., patch, patch management, security, vulnerability, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-04-13
- MS Jet Database flaws --access, and vb affected
- MODERATE: Microsoft Jet Database Engine OverflowAffected:Jet Database Engine all versionsDescription: The Jet Database Engine Msjet40.dll) is Microsoft's relational database engine that handles the entire task of database processing for Microsoft Access and Visual Basic. This engine reportedly contains a buffer overflow that can be triggered by a specially crafted...
- Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Databases, flaw, discoverer
- Discussion threads 2005-04-08
- exploit code postings
- ****************Exploit Code****************(6) Microsoft License Logging Service Overflow (MS05-010)Description: Immunitysec, Inc. has released an exploit for the"CRITICAL" buffer overflow in the Microsoft's License Logging servicein its CANVAS product. Further, the researchers at Immunitysec claimthat no authentication is required to exploit the buffer overflow onMicrosoft Advanced Server 2000 SP3 and SP4 (depending...
- Tags: Exploit Code, Jaqui, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft License, MS05-010, REFERENCES, security, SP4
- Discussion threads 2005-03-18
- well now, isn't that interesting...
- well now, isn't that interesting...email supposedly from microsoft with security updates for ie, outbreak, outbreak express.it was addressed to microsoft user.and gibberish email addy in to field:Subject:*TELUS Detected Spam*: New Net Critical UpgradeFrom:"Microsoft Security Bulletin" < >Date:Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:42:53 +0100 (added by postmaster@mail-relay-1.tiscali.it)To:"Commercial Consumer" X-UIDL:X-Mozilla-Status:0001X-Mozilla-Status2:10000000Return-Path:Received:from mail-relay-1.tiscali.it ([213.205.33.41]) by...
- Tags: Jaqui, Microsoft Corp., off-topic, security
- Discussion threads 2005-03-12
- --Microsoft Denies IE Security Bypass Flaw
- --Microsoft Denies IE Security Bypass Flaw(14 January 2005)According to information posted on the Internet by a researcher, avulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer could be remotely exploitedto bypass security warnings and download malicious content. There isnot yet a patch for the flaw, and as yet, no exploit code to takeadvantage...
- Tags: flaw, Jaqui, LOL, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Denies, Microsoft Denies IE Security, Microsoft Denies IE Security Bypass Flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, off-topic, security
- Discussion threads 2005-01-19
- why promote this.....
- just went wandering through the downloads and noticed this: Cyber Quiz 3: Check your e-mailBillions of messages are exchanged via the Internet on a daily basis. How much do you know about how e-mail came to be, and how it grew into the huge business it is today? Find...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, DOC, Jaqui, Linux, Microsoft Corp., o, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2005-01-06
Additional Resources
- TR Member Spotlight with Jaqui
- The TR Member Spotlight got a little heated this week, and Jaqui Greenlees is responsible. Unfortunately, due to explicit content, half of the podcast had to be edited out. Sure, the raw file still exists, but don't even bother sending in bribes unless they're really impressive. Here's...
- Tags: Podcasts, Web Hosting, Internet, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
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