by wwarren | Jul 11, 2009 | Open Source, Security, Security Alerts, Windows
Microsoft Security Advisory (972890): Vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Could Allow Remote Code Execution. What does this mean? Zero day means the bad guys were exploiting it BEFORE anyone else knew about it. What this flaw menas is that if you...
by wwarren | Mar 3, 2009 | Security, Security Alerts
Conficker Collateral Damage for March 2009. This is one side effect of the conficker worm. Since it generates random doains to try to get instructions for if your site is the site of the day you are going to get hammered. On March 13 it will be southwest...
by wwarren | Mar 3, 2009 | Security, Security Alerts
Protecting Against the Rampant Conficker Worm – PC World. It’s called conficker or downandup and it’s another attack against a bad design in the windows system. Conficker affects ALL versions of windows in one form or another. The primary means...
by wwarren | Jan 24, 2009 | Security, Security Alerts
SANS Internet Storm Center; Cooperative Network Security Community – Internet Security – isc. I never believe any company when they say on non-criticalo informaiton was stolen. Expecially in light of hte following statement: “including user IDs and...
by wwarren | Dec 12, 2008 | Security Alerts
There has been a new security issue just discovered. It was only discovered after the bad guys have started using it instead of the good guys figuring it out. If you are not sure if you are running internet explorer if you use AOL, Comcast, Verizon, among others or...
by wwarren | Jul 7, 2005 | Open Source, Security Alerts
Eweek.com: This is an aircraft carrier sized hole. Check ALL software often for patches against this flaw.
