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- Are you phishing with all the tools at your disposal?
- As an editor for TechRepublic, my search for information, confirmation of facts, and the general probing for article/blog/download ideas often involves surfing the Web. On one such occasion a couple of years ago I trashed my workstation PC by clicking a hijacked link on a Google search results page. The...
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Microsoft repels Google antitrust complaints
- The New York Times has a story about Microsoft fighting off Google's antitrust complaints against Windows Search built in to Vista."Google complained to federal and state prosecutors that consumers who try to use its search tool for computer hard drives on Vista were frustrated because Vista has a competing desktop...
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- The Register gets it wrong on UAC
- A lot of hay has been made over the new UAC feature in Vista. Apple has gotten a lot of mileage by poking fun at it. Users have all said how annoying the feature is by constantly forcing them to click OK to run programs. Some of the comments seem...
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- Vista can't do it alone
- Microsoft as an organization has been loudly touting the security improvements in Windows Vista when compared to XP. However, there seems to be some dissention within the software giant’s ranks.According to Mark Russinovich, a technical fellow in Microsoft’s Platform and Services Division, hackers will simply adapt their attacks to...
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- Vista gets bashed for non-exploitable vulnerability
- In my blog yesterday I was in full agreement with Ryan Naraine and I heavily criticized Microsoft for their slow response times in patching known vulnerabilities. Today Im going to have to take Naraine to task for bashing Microsoft and Vista on an vulnerability that isnt even exploitable. ...
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- Why is Microsoft hell-bent on ruining its reputation?
- Microsoft had multiple chances to release a patch for the ANI Animated Cursor Exploit in the months of January, February, and March but failed to release any patches for the vulnerability that was originally disclosed privately to Microsoft on December 20, 2006. Now were getting an emergency patch today, one...
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Windows Animated Cursor Risk to all Windows, including Vista
- Microsoft has confirmed the threat. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/935423.mspxThere are already reports of this zero-day vulnerability being actively exploited.The risk, of course, is that an attacker could run arbitrary code on the vulnerable system, making this an extremely dangerous threat. Microsoft reports that these platforms are specifically affected:Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4Microsoft...
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- Should Apple be making fun of Vista UAC?
- Windows Vista UAC User Account Control has an additional security feature called Secure Desktop that hardens the UAC privilege escalation prompt, but some people seem to be upset with this feature because they say it's annoying. Apple has even gone as far as making a new TV commercial out...
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- Enhanced Remote Desktop security with Windows Vista
- Im off from my regularly scheduled blogging this week but heres something really cool with the new Windows RDP Remote Desktop Protocol. You can now use strong TLS/SSL authentication and FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard grade encryption on Windows Vista Remote Desktop just like you could with Windows Server...
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- BeyondTrust makes standard user usable in Windows
- Its a well known fact that almost all IT organizations run their client Windows (typically 2000 or XP) computers in full administrative mode which violates the fundamental security model of least privilege. The simple reason for this is that running Windows 2000 and XP in standard user mode is...
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
- EFS and BitLocker - Vista's crypto dynamic duo
- Here are two articles I released explaining the purpose of EFS Encrypted File System versus BitLocker in Windows Vista and a step-by-step guide on implementing Vista BitLocker full-volume encryption. You might be wondering why there are two different data encryption technologies in Vista and this will explain the differences....
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Vista UAC: A security manager's perspective
- Microsoft’s UAC has come under intense fire. It appears that the consensus among security researchers is that UAC is not an effective security control. An example of the arguments against relying on it as a workstation access control is contained in an eWeek article by Lisa Vaas (“Microsoft:...
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- Build a premium Vista PC - step by step
- Late last year I wrote Build your dream PC and not get ripped off and it was basically a component guide for a high to super high-end gaming PC. Some readers asked for a mainstream business, graphics design, or regular home computer. Well this article should answer that...
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- Does DRM really limit Vista?
- A lot of people have been screaming that Vista will deprive you of your rights with the inclusion of DRM technology. Bruce Schneier even referred to this DRM issue as a "security" issue for Vista even though hes merely referring to existence of DRM capability. Were hearing widespread...
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- Windows Vista Remote Desktop.
- I am hoping someone could help me with this problem. I upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate. The problem I am unable to remote desktop to my work County computer. When I was using XP my company had me use Checkpoint SSL Internet Extender VPN through the web browser...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- Living with Windows Vista: Week one report card
- Its been one week that Ive not used Windows XP on my main computer and actually living with Windows Vista so here is my progress report. As some of my readers know, Ive was having stability problems with my main computer as well as a number of other annoying...
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- What the UAC 'hole' is really about
- Fellow blogger Ryan Naraine had a blog "Hacker, Microsoft duke it out over Vista design flaw" where he reported on a disagreement between elite researcher Joanna Rutkowska (Singapore-based Coseinc) and elite programmer Mark Russinovich formerly Sysinternals and acquired by Microsoft. Ive spoken with both of these people and...
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
- Another Malware protection engine becomes Malware enabler engine
- Nearly three months after being first released to the business market, Vista had a near perfect track record excluding a design weakness in voice against remote exploits until this Tuesday. Ironically the culprit happens to be Microsofts Malware Protection which is used in all of Microsofts antivirus products including...
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
- How can I enable WPA on a Vista laptop and a Westell 327w wireless router?
- I can connect using an open connection or WEP, but I can't seem to get the right combination of settings to make WPA work!I'm using Vista Premium on a Toshiba Satellite (bought it today!)Contact the supplier or M$For a solution on this one as Vista is a new platform with...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-10
- Some bumps on the road to Vista
- Vista - a complete change you should not go to for a yearQuote: "Take the case of the college student who uses exam software which runs only on XP--that individual can't upgrade," Cherry said. "Even for noncorporate users, there are these blocking programs that can get in your way." Vista...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
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