December 8, 2009 - Microsoft has issued 6 updates, 3 of which are rated critical, to address a total of 11 (or 12, depending on how you count them) vulnerabilities in components of Windows and (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2009 - The Internet seems full of people inclined not to trust Google's new Public DNS offering.The first reaction many of us waited for was that of (continue reading...) Read more
December 7, 2009 - Right on the schedule they set, Adobe has issued a security advisory on the recently-reported vulnerability in Illustrator. The only real news beyond what was previously reported is that the vulnerability (continue reading...) Read more
December 7, 2009 - We've written about it before and now Microsoft's reminding us: This coming July Microsoft will end support for Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Client and Windows XP SP2. Gold code for (continue reading...) Read more
December 5, 2009 - One of the world's great botnets, Gumblar, is experiencing a steady resurgence lately, according to Kaspersky Labs.The tens of thousands of machines involved worldwide aren't really what's impressive about Gumblar. It's (continue reading...) Read more
December 5, 2009 - A clever, but difficult attack scenario can compromise the PIN used to protect BitLocker-encrypted drives. The attacker first has to gain access to the computer and boot it off of a specially-configured (continue reading...) Read more
December 5, 2009 - Adobe has acknowledged once again a vulnerability disclosed in Illustrator. Their initial acknowledgement of it was a quickie and they hadn't had much time to study the attack. Now they state (continue reading...) Read more
December 3, 2009 - For reasons not entirely clear, Apple issues Java for their own operating systems rather than Sun. As a result, when Sun comes out with updates to Java it takes Apple some time (continue reading...) Read more
December 3, 2009 - Cracking passwords is often much easier than users think, even if the passwords they use are strong. For years Passware has shipped products which can break past the protection of passwords in (continue reading...) Read more
December 3, 2009 - As part of their semi-regular Patch Tuesdays, Adobe will release updates next Tuesday for Flash and Air. Versions 10.0.32.18 and earlier of Flash are affected, as are versions 1.5.2 and earlier (continue reading...) Read more
December 3, 2009 - Next Tuesday, December 8, Microsoft will release 6 security bulletins and software updates to address the vulnerabilities described in them. 3 of the bulletins have a maximum rating of critical and (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Netcraft reports that 24 of the top 100 HTTPS sites have disabled renegotiation, blocking a recently-revealed flaw in the SSL3/TLS protocols. There is some controversy over how much of a real-world (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2009 - Today is Cyber Monday, a marketing creation of the National Retail Federation as the Monday after Black Friday. The Internet is full of deals! deals! deals! Sadly, it's full of scams (continue reading...) Read more
November 25, 2009 - Everyone knows about Patch Tuesday on the second Tuesday of the month, but it's less-known that Microsoft regularly releases non-security updates on the 4th Tuesday of the month. You might have noticed (continue reading...) Read more
November 23, 2009 - Threat researchers have been alerted to the discovery of a new exploit targeting Internet Explorer. Analysts have conducted tests and confirmed that the exploit affects versions 6 and 7 of the browser. Although the exploit is currently unreliable, cybercriminals may (continue reading...) Read more
November 13, 2009 - Before everybody peruses the ‘net in search of their fish supper this cold and wet Friday night.* Stop!! Do you have adequate protection? For your Internet browsing? Earlier this week SophosLabs spotted that the famous chip shop brand Harry Ramsden’s website had been (continue reading...) Read more
November 10, 2009 - This month’s “Patch Tuesday” includes 6 security updates - of which Microsoft has rated 3 as Critical (all remote code execution vulnerabilities) and 3 Important (two remote code execution vulnerabilities and one denial of service). Mention-worthy updates this month include (continue reading...) Read more
October 14, 2009 - Microsoft has released its Security Bulletin Summary for October 2009 to address thirteen vulnerabilities in Microsoft products; eight of them critical. We strongly suggest applying the patches provided by Microsoft for these vulnerabilities. Critical (continue reading...) Read more
September 9, 2009 - Microsoft has released its Security Bulletin Summary for September 2009 to address five critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. We strongly suggest applying the patches provided by Microsoft for these vulnerabilities. Critical Vulnerability in JScript Scripting (continue reading...) Read more
August 13, 2009 - Microsoft has released its Security Bulletin Summary for August 2009 to address nine vulnerabilities in Microsoft products, five of them are critical. We strongly suggest applying the patches provided by Microsoft for these vulnerabilities. Critical (continue reading...) Read more