Archive for category Security
Microsoft Security patches June 09
Posted by Alex Costa in Security, Windows on June 10th, 2009
Microsoft has released its latest security bulletins covering 31 security vulnerabilities. In a total of 10 bulletins 5 turned out as critical, the highest security rating by Microsoft. See details below: (extracted from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-jun.mspx) MS08-018 (Critical): Fixes two privately reported vulnerabilities in implementations of Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003, [...]
Firefox Vulnerability
Posted by Alex Costa in Security on March 26th, 2009
Security Focus has published a vulnerability found on Firefox (all releases and platforms) causing a serious security flaw. An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to view a malicious file using the affected browser. Exploit code at the link iframes a little xml file with an xslt transform that causes a [...]
Important SQL and Exchange Server patches
Posted by Alex Costa in Security, Windows on February 12th, 2009
A security issue has been identified in the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it (Bulletin MS09-004), and Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (Bulletin MS09-003). The vulnerability in the MS Exchange Server is the most [...]
Is Mac Safer?
Posted by Alex Costa in Apple, Security on January 31st, 2009
I was reading this article on ZDNET.com “Is Mac still the safer bet?” by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. This is a question that I have been asked many times also, “Is Mac safer than windows?” Although many times it sounded more like an affirmation than a question. I wouldn’t say it’s safer, it’s just not as targeted. [...]
Browser Password Security test – most failed
Posted by Alex Costa in Itechlog News, Security on December 17th, 2008
Google Chrome and Safari are tied at the bottom of the list of a password security test run by CIS – Chapin Information Services. Two years ago CIS discovered a flaw on Mozilla that could give “clever attackers” access to your saved passwords. A few days ago CIS ran a security test on all the [...]
