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- Critical IE vulnerability remains unpatched
- Microsoft still hasn't patched a serious Internet Explorer vulnerability, and malicious hackers are taking advantage of the fact. In addition, a remote code execution threat has surfaced in Real Networks RealPlayer. Get the details about these and other security issues in this edition of the IT Locksmith. Redmond may...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, John McCormick, Web browsers, SECURITY, vulnerability, window, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Situation, Microsoft Corp., SuSE, Secunia Advisory 15546, FrSIRT, OpenPKG, Internet
- Technical articles 2005-12-05
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- Security news roundup: October 30
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers serious vulnerabilities found in Symantec Mail Security; the availability of TikiWiki 1.9.8.3, which resolves a number of earlier vulnerabilities; and a patch for buffer overflows in Nagios plug-ins. Serious flaws found in Symantec Mail Security ...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Secunia, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- Microsoft patches critical Windows Help and icon handling flaws
- Is Windows Start button handling flawless?Is Windows Turn off Computer Button handling flawless?Mozilla phishing hole "gigantic"?Given that Secunia rated this vulnerability just 2 out of 5 for severity, I think describing it as "gigantic" is a bit of an overstatement.I think more appropriate descriptions would be "minor", "non-critical", or the...
- Tags: alxnsc@..., flaw, IS Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Patches, Microsoft Patches Critical, Microsoft Patches Critical Windows, Microsoft Windows, networking, patch management, Windows Help
- Discussion threads 2005-01-19
- Vulnerabilities reported in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE kernel
- A vulnerability that could be exploited to cause a denial-of-service attack has been reported in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. SUSE has also released an update for various vulnerabilities found in the kernel. According to Secunia: The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing dynamic DNS...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Server, Kernel, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open Source, Servers, Security, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- DHS Advisory Viewer (widget)
- DHS Advisory Viewer allows the user to view the current Department of Homeland Security threat advisory. It is nothing fancy because it was mainly created as a proof of concept for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute. Hopefully I will have time to update it. This version is the...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, DHS Advisory Viewer
- Software downloads 2007-08-01
- Free security tools: Secunia Personal Software Inspector
- Making sure applications in new or existing endpoint system images are free from unpatched vulnerabilities is not an easy task. Secunia provides a free utility to help identify and quickly remediate out-of-date or EOL programs. by Tom Olzak
- Tags: Software, Application, Adobe Acrobat, Image, Tool, Secunia, Security Tool, Personal Software Inspector, Security, Tom Olzak
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Another 'critical' flaw, this time from Oracle
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- Tags: SECURITY, Databases, Oracle Corp., Integrigy, flaw
- Technical articles 2004-06-11
- Group Policy - Content Advisory - Windows 2000
- I have enable Content Advisory to block certain sites through Group Policy. GP works very well but Content Advisory setting gets downloaded on the system and it remains even if users without restriction logged in. Policy remains in local administrator profile. This is a user based policy.
- Tags: forankur@..., group policy, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, windows, windows group policy
- Discussion threads 2006-12-28
- Secunia Personal Software Inspector (exe)
- The Secunia Personal Software Inspector detects installed software and categorizes your software as either Insecure, End-of-Life, or Up-To-Date. Effectively enabling you to focus your attention on software installations where more secure versions are available from the vendors.
- Tags: Software, Secunia, Secunia Personal Software Inspector, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2007-07-28
- Proof-of-concept code published for flaw patched in MS06-025
- Microsoft has released Security Advisory 921923, which warns users that there's now proof-of-concept code available to exploit the Remote Access Connection Manager Service vulnerability addressed by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-025. In addition, Secunia has listed two new critical Microsoft threats on its Web site. In this edition of the IT...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Patches, security, security bulletin, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Threat, Flaw, Secunia Advisory 20748, Secunia Advisory 20686
- Technical articles 2006-06-26
- Media bias rears its ugly head on IE7 'flaw'
- Half a year ago I wrote a blog illustrating some blatant bias on the medias coverage of Firefox over IE (Internet Explorer 6). I showed how easy it is to impact the way products are perceived just by wording the titles differently since more people read...
- Tags: flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Security
- Blog posts 2006-10-22
- Exploit code makes IE flaw more dangerous
- The threat posed by a critical flaw in Internet Explorer has been ratcheted up by the release of a program designed to exploit the vulnerability, security researchers warned on Thursday. Security information provider Secunia raised the buffer overflow flaw to its highest rating in a new advisory. The vulnerability, which...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2004-11-07
- Critical new Internet Explorer vulnerability found
- Secunia has released a security advisory detailing a new vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 browser. John McCormick has the details in this edition of the IT Locksmith. A critical new threat has emerged in Internet Explorer 6, and no patch is yet available. At the other end...
- Tags: Gentoo, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Cisco Systems Inc., Secunia, John McCormick, Patches, Web browsers, SECURITY, vulnerability, patch management, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Information Technology, Threat, Internet
- Technical articles 2006-05-01
- Waiting for Patch Tuesday? Get up to speed on other security threats
- Microsoft is planning on a hefty Patch Tuesday this month, with up to a dozen security bulletins in the works. But before you get embroiled in applying all those patches, make sure you're up to date on the rest of the security threats out there. John McCormick's here to help...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, security, vulnerability, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Secunia, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Information Technology, Threat, Secunia Advisory 21910, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Software, Hardware
- Technical articles 2006-10-09
- Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Threat
- A newly released Microsoft Security Advisory warns that the Redmond company is investigating reports of attacks taking place against Windows 2000 Server Service SP4 as well as Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2.The Mitre CVE reference for this is CVE-2007-1748. Details are few at this time but Microsofts report confirms...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Update, Microsoft, Internet Service
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
- Security news roundup: November 5
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a local escalation of priviledge in Symantec Antivirus for Mac, vulnerabilities discovered in ACDSee, and a vulnerability found in IPSwitch e-mail client - which comes bundled with the IPSwitch IMail Server for Windows. Local escalation of...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Symantec AntiVirus, Ipswitch Inc., Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Security, Viruses And Worms, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Secunia reports Red Hat and Firefox way buggier than Microsoft's products
- Danish security firm Secunia has reported that bugs in open-source code, such as Red Hat Linux and the Firefox browser, were way above those in Microsoft's products last year. An excerpt from TechWorld: Out of the operating systems monitored by Secunia - Windows (98 and onwards),...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Secunia, Web Browsers, Open Source, Internet, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- Microsoft downplays Windows flaw severity
- MS doesn't care about security!However, the Redmond, Wash.-based company is unaware of any attacks that exploit the vulnerability and has not had reports of any customer impact, according to the advisory."We do not consider this to be a significant threat to the security of the Internet," Microsoft said in its...
- Tags: jmgarvin, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, security, windows, windows 2000, Windows Flaw, windows xp
- Discussion threads 2005-05-20
- Firefox flaw raises phishing fears
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- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, download vulnerability, Firefox flaw, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., flaw, phishing
- Technical articles 2005-01-10
- Multiple vulnerabilities reported for Solaris X Font Server
- Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to execute arbitrary code and compromise a vulnerable server. Excerpt from Sun's advisory: There exists multiple security vulnerabilities within the handlers for the QueryXBitmaps and QueryXExtents protocol requests for the X Font...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Vulnerability, Server, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
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