Friday, May 9th, 2008
Microsoft plans to release Office 2007 Service Pack 1 via the company's automatic update service starting June 16.The advanced announcement is a result of the software maker's promise to give at least a 30-day notice before making Office service packs available through Microsoft Update, which is a part of Windows ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Microsoft's Vista operating system is more susceptible to malware than Windows 2000, and though it's 37% more secure than Windows XP, it's still too vulnerable.That's the contention of security vendor PC Tools, which has a financial interest in the vulnerability of Microsoft's software.
"Ironically, the new operating system has been hailed ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Love it or hate it, Microsoft Windows is the world's most dominant operating system. But when you look at some of the hot features found in competitors such as Linux and Mac OS X, both XP and Vista can seem a little incomplete.
From intuitive interface features like Apple's application dock ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Many people are switching from Internet Explorer to alternative browsers such as Firefox and Safari. Though that might make them feel more secure, the shift has also opened new doors for bad guys.
Case in point: We have no IE bugs to report this month, but both Firefox and Safari have ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
A remote vulnerability exists in the QuickTime player for Windows XP and Vista (latest service packs). Other versions are believed to be affected as well. For now, no details will be released regarding the method of exploitation.
Because we are an information security think tank and because we encounter some very ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Earlier I wrote about my proposed Tactical Network Security Monitoring Platform. Today I finally sat down and installed the operating systems I need on this system to create a portable tactical forensics and investigation platform. I did not want to use my main work laptop for this sort of work ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
For the past few months, we've shown how Linux has emerged from its early murky reputation of being cool to have but impractical to use. And there's no question it's refreshing to use an entire desktop system with nary a Microsoft or Apple product. But as some of our readers ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Microsoft released Windows XP SP3 to manufacturing today: Check out the first XP SP3 RTM screenshots!
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
In a security alert last week, Microsoft reported a vulnerability which allows local users and users signed on with access to an Internet Information Server (IIS) or MS SQL server to escalate their privileges. Server operators such as hosting providers who allow user code to be executed, for example on ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability which could allow elevation of privilege from authenticated user to LocalSystem, affecting Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 and all supported versions and editions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. Customers who allow user-provided code to run ...
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