by wwarren | Sep 10, 2009 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Microsoft Confirms SMB2 Flaw, Heightens Severity By Ryan Naraine Microsoft has issued a formal security advisory to confirm the remote reboot flaw in its implementation of the SMB2 protocol, going a step further to warn that a successful attack could lead to remote...
by wwarren | Aug 23, 2009 | Open Source, Security, Security Alerts
(updated) 4Chan launches embarrassing attack on devout Christians on Facebook – The Next Web. 4chan first went after Scientology…now they are after Christians. If you have been spoofed on your facebook change your passwords on everything(not just facebook but...
by wwarren | Jul 13, 2009 | Microsoft, Office, Security, Security Alerts, Windows
Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components Control Could Allow Remote Code Execution. *sigh* When will ms and others learn? Head to this page for the fix. Head to the fix it for me section and click on the fix it icon under enable workaround. Download and...
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...
