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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: October 24
Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which include vulnerabilities discovered in Lotus Notes and Domino as well as multiple SQL-injection vulnerabilities discovered in Oracle interMedia. Vulnerabilities discovered in Lotus Notes and Domino The discovered vulnerabilities could allow...
Tags: Vulnerability, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Lotus Domino, IBM Corp., Security Advisory, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-24
Microsoft to fix URI vulnerability
After three months, Microsoft has finally announced that it will be fixing what has been known in security circles as the URI Uniform Resource Identifier flaw in Internet Explorer 7. The following excerpt from TechTarget nicely summarizes the issue: A flaw in Windows XP and Server...
Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Corp., URI, Security Advisory, Microsoft Windows, Security, Web Browsers, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-11
Security news roundup: October 9, 2007
Various updates have cropped up over the weekend. Of particular note is Adobe's security advisory. Under certain common setups, it is possible to execute remote code using a malformed PDF file. Click on the links below or hop on down to TechRepublic's Security blog for...
Tags: Vulnerability, Security Advisory, Security, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-09
Adobe issues security advisory on PDF flaw -- finally
Adobe issued a security advisory on Friday pertaining to a code execution vulnerability affecting PDF files. This comes almost three weeks after a public disclosure, which I discussed here. This security flaw is particularly dangerous as potentially millions of Windows users could be affected. Users running Windows...
Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Flaw, Security Advisory, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-08
Get up to speed on Microsoft's August security bulletins and latest security advisory
In its latest security advisory, Microsoft reports a COM object vulnerability that could pose a critical threat. In this edition of the IT Locksmith, John McCormick has the details about this security advisory, and he brings you up to speed with Microsoft's remaining security bulletins for August. Microsoft has...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Microsoft Windows, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, security, bulletin, vulnerability, security advisory, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Version, Microsoft Windows 2000, Threat, Operating Systems, Software
Technical articles 2005-08-22

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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
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
Security news roundup: October 18
Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which include two critical security flaw discovered in the Opera browser, various vulnerabilities across Avaya products, and a buffer overflow in the popular freeware Irfanview image viewer. Update for multiple vulnerabilities in Opera Opera Software...
Tags: Opera Software, Vulnerability, Security Update, Avaya Inc., Security Administration, Security, Patches, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-18
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
Security updates released for Adobe GoLive 9 and Illustrator CS3
Adobe has released updates for critical vulnerabilities found in GoLive 9 and Illustrator CS3. An attacker who successfully exploits these could take control of the affected system. Excerpt from heise Security: According to Adobe, opening a crafted .bmp, .dib, .png, or .rle file in Illustrator is...
Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe GoLive, Security, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-12
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: 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
Security news roundup: October 19
Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which include new versions of Miranda and Firefox that fix a number of security vulnerabilities as well as news of multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco hardware and software products.  New version of Miranda fixes vulnerabilities A...
Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Cisco Systems Inc., Security, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-10-19
Cisco IOS Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP and Telnet Sessions Buffer Overflow
Cisco Systems has released Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP and Telnet Sessions Buffer Overflow. This paper describes the Firewall Authentication Proxy (Auth-Proxy) feature and discusses the workarounds and mitigations identified in the advisory. The firewall authentication proxy feature allows network administrators to apply specific security...
Tags: Cisco IOS, FTP, Cisco Systems Inc., Buffer-overflow, Authentication, Telnet, Security, Networking
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Microsoft Security Advisory (929433) - Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution
According to Microsoft Security Advisory (929433), "Microsoft is investigating a new report of limited “zero-day” attacks using a vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Word Viewer 2003, Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac, and Microsoft Word v. X for Mac, as well as Microsoft...
Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word
Blog posts 2006-12-08
Adobe issues security advisory on PDF flaw -- finally
User FireFoxand you'll be more secure! Need IE for websites? Use the IE Tab plug-in...DONE!
Tags: SECURITY, drivenn, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF
Discussion threads 2007-10-11
Security Patcher for Adobe CS2 (jsp)
This update addresses and resolves a security vulnerability that has been detected in Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe Photoshop CS2, and Adobe Illustrator CS2 software. See the security advisory for more information. http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332644.html. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., JSP, Security
Software downloads 2007-11-28
Get up to speed on Microsoft's August security bulletins and latest security advisory
method ot my madness?What do you think of the way I covered these bulletins? There are space limitations so I hit the major threats first but I do think any Microsoft security bulletins are important enough that they need to be covered.Any opinions, suggestions?Keep up the good workI read your...
Tags: bulletins, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., security, Tech Locksmith
Discussion threads 2005-08-23
Build Your Financial Advisory Business
The success of a financial advisory business is directly related to how well a person markets his services. First, the person needs to create a value proposition. Then, using templates available in Microsoft Office Word 2003 and Microsoft Office Excel 2003, the person can develop his marketing objectives and organize...
Tags: Financial, Microsoft Corp., Person, Marketing Research, Microsoft Office, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Office Suites, Software, Finance
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