Archive for category Security
Microsoft Security patches June 09
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, and [...]
Firefox Vulnerability
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
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 severe, [...]
Is Mac Safer?
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 ITechLog 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 major [...]
