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Security news roundup: October 25

Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers vulnerabilities reported in components of HP OpenView, flaws in XScreenSaver locked screen functionality, and a report by SecurityFocus on the state of security so far this year. Components of HP OpenView Management software divulges data ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Vulnerability, HP OpenView, SecurityFocus, Utility Computing, It Management, Security, It service Management, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-10-25

Multiple vulnerabilities discovered in Sun Java WebStart

Multiple local file-access and information-disclosure vulnerabilities have been discovered in Sun Java WebStart. Multiple versions of Java and platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Solaris are affected. There are no known exploits for this flaw at the moment. Excerpt from SecurityFocus: An attacker could exploit these issues to obtain...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Vulnerability, Sun Java, SecurityFocus, Programming Languages, Java, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-10-15

Weekly malware round-up

Proliferation of images and video on the Net are making it easier to embed exploits by using media as a camouflage around malicious code. Four exploits discussed below are doing just that. YouTube, with all its popularity, presents one brimming opportunity to affect...

Tags: Malware, Exploit, SecurityFocus, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2007-06-22

Bush Administration demands encryption

After a spate of embarrassing and potentially dangerous incidents within various civilian government agencies, the Bush administration has released an official memo stipulating that all mobile devices (notebooks, smartphones and I would imagine USB storage) which carry sensitive data must be encrypted. Remote access should only be given with...

Tags: Bush Administration

Blog posts 2006-07-03

IP Spoofing: An Introduction

IP spoofing is one of the most common forms of on-line camouflage. In IP spoofing, an attacker gains unauthorized access to a computer or a network by making it appear that a malicious message has come from a trusted machine by "spoofing" the IP address of that machine. This paper...

Tags: IP, SecurityFocus, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2003-03-11

Stay on top of security with SecurityFocus.com

Whether you already keep up to date on the latest computer security issues or you're in need of a remedial security education, SecurityFocus.com may be worth a look. We'll give you a tour and share the site's highlights.As the threat of some kind of cyberterrorism hits new highs, it’s likely...

Tags: Intrusion detection, Lamont Adams, security, SecurityFocus

Technical articles 2001-11-30

CERT and SecurityFocus provide Microsoft and UNIX fixes

The usual suspects Microsoft and Novell were quiet this week, so Exterminator turned to CERT to find a Microsoft DNS Server vulnerability and to SecurityFocus for a Linux/FreeBSD e-mail bug. Trend Micro also released info on two dangerous viruses.Exterminator brings you weekly updates on bug fixes, virus recovery, service release...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Operating systems, Unix, Elisabeth Nelson, Click Here, virus, Information URL, Microsoft Corp., Exterminator, DNS server, CERT, SecurityFocus

Technical articles 2001-09-27

Windows 2000 sprayed for bugs once again

This week, the Exterminator takes a look at an IIS issue in Windows 2000, puts out a fire in a Firebox, plugs a hole in an OS/2 FTP server, and shares virus updates from Trend Micro.Got bugs?The Exterminator brings you weekly updates on bug fixes, virus recovery, service release announcements,...

Tags: Patches, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Ed Engelking II A+, Microsoft Windows, SecurityFocus, Microsoft Corp., Information URL, Click Here, Virus/Worm, patch, virus, server, Microsoft Windows 2000

Technical articles 2000-08-18

Exterminator: AppleShare has its share of problems

Are you running AppleShare IP on your network? If so, you may be interested in this week's Exterminator, which explains an AppleShare vulnerability and offers information on Cisco and Linux updates.Get rid of your bugs!The Exterminator brings you insight on bug fixes, virus recovery, service release announcements, and security notices...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, SECURITY, Ed Engelking II A+, SecurityFocus, Information URL, Click Here, AppleShare IP, vulnerability, Linux, Patch URL, Cisco Systems Inc.

Technical articles 2000-05-05

Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 could cause you problems

Planning on updating Office 2000 to SR-1? You may want to hold off until you see what the Exterminator has found. Plus, check out the weekly roundup of info on Novell, FreeBSD, and viruses.Exterminator puts the squeeze on bugs!Ed Engelking brings to you his insight on bug fixes, virus recovery,...

Tags: Patches, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Ed Engelking II A+, SecurityFocus, e-mail, Novell Inc., Click Here, Microsoft Corp., patch, Microsoft Office 2000, virus, Microsoft Office, Information URL, Exterminator

Technical articles 2000-03-31

Additional Resources

Bots use in CyberCrime increasing

As mentioned while looking at spam filtering in previous blogs, botnets (networks of 'bots') are being noted as an increasing source of cyber-criminal activity. A securityfocus article (http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/195?ref=rss) quotes shocking figures from The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group; as many as 7% of PC's worldwide are infected and working as...

Tags: bot

Blog posts 2006-05-04

whats window vista and what new features do it have?

i want the answer only regarding this topic.Read this . . . especially the last paragraph.http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/436/3Try looking here:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa905059.aspxUsually if you want to know the features of a product, try the manufacturers website first.

Tags: brahmastra0007@..., window

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

WiFi Encryption

My observation is that wifi encryption cause a performance hit on my CPU. As a consequence, I don't broadcast my SSID and I use MAC filtering instead. Most everyone else seems to think that encryption is the way to go. Does encryption cause as much overhead as I...

Tags: Encryption, encryption, howard@..., Mac Filtering, networking, SSID, WEP, Wi-Fi, wifi

Discussion threads 2006-10-25

Exterminator: Treat Windows 2000 for new bugs

This week, the Exterminator recommends you treat Windows 2000 for new bugs, among other fixes. You'll also find news on Windows NT, Solaris 7.0, Linux, and FreeBSD vulnerabilities.Got bugs?The Exterminator brings you insight on bug fixes, virus recovery, service release announcements, and security notices for Windows, Sun, Linux, and other...

Tags: Operating systems, Patches, Ed Engelking II A+, Information URL, Click Here, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Patch URL, patch, server, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Technical articles 2000-04-28

Security news roundup: October 23

Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which include cross-platform flaws discovered in the Java Runtime Environment, vulnerabilities discovered in Thunderbird in Ubuntu, and a local buffer overflow in IBM AIX. Vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment According to Sun: A vulnerability...

Tags: Ubuntu, Vulnerability, JRE, Buffer-overflow, Java, Security, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-10-23

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

Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape exploit code

posted."Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape Browsers IDN URI Buffer OverflowDescription: Exploit code has been publicly posted for the IDN URIbuffer overflow in Mozilla, Firefox and Netscape browsers"Exploit Codehttp://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050922.PwnZilla.phpThis exploit was reported last week, the code was released this week.but not to worry:"FireFox, Mozilla and Thunderbird Remote Command InjectionAffected:On UNIX platforms:Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and priorMozilla...

Tags: Web browsers, E-mail clients, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2005-09-23

IIS bug could keep users from receiving services

Are you using IIS? The Exterminator has news you won't want to miss. Plus, you'll find updates on Sun and Red Hat issues.Exterminator puts the squeeze on bugs!Every Friday, Ed Engelking brings you his insight on bug fixes, virus recovery, service release announcements, and security notices for Windows, Novell, and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 95, Operating systems, SECURITY, Ed Engelking II A+, Click Here, Patch URL, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Exterminator

Technical articles 2000-03-24

OS-X under scrutiny

Apples OS-X is a great looking OS with a BSD baseunderneath, the interface is wonderful for non-technical users and theflexibility and control gives more hardcore users a nice balance between Linuxand Windows. OS-X users have long boastedabout the lack of vulnerability in the OS, however recently there have been...

Tags: Apples OS-X, operating system, OS-X

Blog posts 2006-03-05

theft prevention

I am worried about selling laptops to students, etc with poor physical security. What do you recomend to discourage laptop theft, identify stolen laptops, etc?Here is some software that might help you.http://www.pcphonehome.com/purchase2.htmlRecord the serial number of every unit. That is what the police will use to recover it.Below are...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, POSTER

Q&A 2004-11-05