by wwarren | Apr 13, 2010 | Open Source, Security, Security Alerts
Please folks. Please don’t post these hoaxes. there is no virus for farmville. IF you get a popup that you don’t normally see check YOUR system..it’s not farmville. Call a professional to scan your system please.
by wwarren | Jan 19, 2010 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Windows
Full Disclosure: Microsoft Windows NT #GP Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack. If you honestly believed Vista or 7 was a total rewrite because Microsoft said so this issue blows that straight out of the water. This is code from back in the nt.x days. ...
by wwarren | Jan 19, 2010 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Computer Security Research – McAfee Labs Blog. This is an expansion of the most recent IE exploit. Now comes the analysis. Allowing a system level file for windows(in this case a dll) be executable without any kind of security context is a really bad idea. ...
by wwarren | Jan 15, 2010 | Security, Security Alerts
Praetorian Prefect | Using Group Policy to Disable JavaScript in Adobe PDF Files. This is also a good idea. Adobe right now is having all kinds of JavaScript issues. Killing JavaScript across the entire network is a good idea.
by wwarren | Jan 15, 2010 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
This was an exploit form back in ie6. It is present in all version up to 8. mshtml.dll once again has a major issue that allows remote sites to take over your machine. If you are running ie6, ie7, or ie8 you are vulnerable. HOWEVER if you have DEP turned on for ie...
by wwarren | Dec 1, 2009 | Security, Security Alerts
Uncommon Sense Security: CERT spreads marketing BS and misinformation. I did this one quickly without fully vetting the article because i was in a hurry…bad move. Securosis and CERT misidentify several things as clientless when they aren’t like OpenVpn. ...
