Security
Google Pack now with Symantic Anti-Virus
The FREE to use Google Pack which comes bundled with several useful tools now has added Symantic’s Norton Security Scan to scan and remove viruses and PC Tool’s Spyware Doctor Starter Edition. As a background process tries to show it self more and more, I’ve lost interest in Symantic products recently, they are becoming more [...]
Hackers Enjoy, No Microsoft Patches This Month
Isn’t it funny? Since Microsoft started their monthly security update back in 2003, only few of the known as Patch Tuesdays did not have Microsoft patches coming. Otherwise, it is scheduled that every second Tuesday of the month there is a security update coming from Microsoft. Last time Microsoft did not have Patch Tuesday was [...]
IE6 was unsecured for 284 days in 2006
Slashdot posted a link to a washingtonpost article compiling the number of days IE6 had open exploit code with no fixes from Microsoft. The result is more than 9 months (284 days) of the year, the IE6 browser had known unpatched security flaws. There was also another 98 days without fixes to IE flaws that [...]
Again, MS Word Code Execution Exploit
A third MS Word code execution exploit has been posted that allows code execution on the victim PC by opening the infected word document. While Microsoft have not yet publicly confirmed the vulnerability, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued a warning in this regard. More on the story comes from eWeek.
Dark Day for PHP
Open Source PHP security specialist and member of the PHP Security Response Team, Stefan Esser have had enough, and resigned! The security expert says in his blog “The reasons for this are many, but the most important one is that I have realised that any attempt to improve the security of PHP from the inside [...]
Another day, another Zero-Day flaw in Microsoft
Just one day after the zero day flaw in Word was announced, another zero day flaw has been discovered in Windows Media Player. The flaw resides in the WMVCORE.DLL library that handles .ASX files. Microsoft have not yet released a fix for the problem, and did not even report it. Click here for the source [...]
Microsoft Issues Word Zero-Day Attack Alert
Microsoft have issued a security advisory regarding a newly discovered Word Zero-Day Attack. The attack infects all major Word releases by simply opening unsolicited attachments from both known and unknown source. Best thing to do know is avoid opening any attachments, even from legitimate source. The report came from Eweek with more details.