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- A fix to a program. In the past, a patch used to mean changing actual executable, machine instructions, but today more often than not, it means replacing an executable...
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- Did Apple forget to patch something?
- Did Apple forget to patch something?AppleI usually sing the praises of Apple except when they don't live up to the hype or expectations. If they really want to grow their user base, they'd better get with it when it comes to delivering patches in a timely manner. In terms of...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- What happens when you patch the Internet?
- What happens when you patch the Internet?Most home users do *not* have a router...and they are the largest number of systems exposed to the network. Corporate systems are already protected, and are likely not running Zone Alarm anyway.For the home user Windows XP's firewall is less than secure --...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08
- Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08What should users of the DNS checking tool expect to see?Can you document that a bit more?RE: Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details atYour name server, at 10.1.1.1, appears vulnerable to DNS Cache Poisoning.All...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patch
- Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patchTwo words:Foxit. Reader.Like MacOS, you have the added "security" layer of being a minority target. Until Foxit reaches Acrobat's market share, no one will bother much writing exploits, or even looking for holes. (Yes, also like MacOS, you may not get targeted, but...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Oracle on the psychology of patching
- Oracle on the psychology of patchingPatching is absolutely mandatoryI agree that there are two ways to think about patches; mandatory and impact based. But there is no way to guage potential impact to an event that might occur due to not applying a patch, and there is also no...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- Don't dawdle on Microsoft latest batch of patches
- Don't dawdle on Microsoft latest batch of patchesI may have my gripes, but MS does keep up on security patches.I'll give them credit for that.After a recent patch killed the connection between......my PC and my MP3 player, I'll take my time with any "patch" M$ sends...... Including blacklisting any other...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- Microsoft delivers two patches for three vulnerabilities; Plugs Vista hole
- Microsoft delivers two patches for three vulnerabilities; Plugs Vista holeVista Patch Worked Great!It converted my PC back to Windows XP...Thank you Microsoft! ;).I knew there was something shifty about that sidebarYup, if I said it once, I said it a thousand times. If there's something that's just fine the...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Microsoft Patch Day preview: 7 bulletins, 3 critical
- Microsoft Patch Day preview: 7 bulletins, 3 criticalNow you're in for it[i]Just say "It's that time of the month again."[/i]I think I'll just stand back and watch Milly hurt you.So what you are saying isand please people see this for the joke that it is intended to be that we...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
- Symantec intercepts Microsoft Word exploit
- Symantec intercepts Microsoft Word exploitAnd that's why undisclosed/secret patches are not kosherI have suggested many times before that, as is obviously apparent here, reverse engineering of the patch has occurred and this reverse engineering lead to an exploit. In this case, the change is known, the reason for the...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-11
- Mac worm rumors swirl; Dai Zovi ships unofficial Mac OS X patch
- Amidst unconfirmed rumors that anonymous hackers have created a worm that exploits an unpatched code execution flaw in Mac OS X Intel, a team of researchers have come up with a way to completely disable a buggy portion of the Mac code base.Led by Mac security guru Dino Dai Zovi...
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- Firefox narrows patch deployment window
- Firefox narrows patch deployment windowAlthough the time to patch speaks about ...... how efficient the patch process is it does not speak to how secure the browser is. It is the unknown or at least the unknown to the security experts flaws that are the real threat. The...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-19
- Yahoo Messenger patch ready, but it's not mandatory
- I'm still working on that follow-up story on how Yahoo completely screwed up the flaw disclosure process waiting to give Yahoo a chance to comment and caused exploit code to be publicly released but, in the meantime, Yahoo Messenger users should know that a patch is now available and ready...
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
- Treo 700p patch problems - bad to worse
- Treo 700p patch problems - bad to worsePhone vendors really slow to patchI had the windows version of the Treo 700 and it had a lot of issues. Most were fixed by a patch but it took forever before the update was released.I'm seeing similar things from Motorola. ...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- Treo 700p patch problems - bad to worse
- This is beyond bad. I've heard from a number of people through various channels about the post I put up a few days back concerning the ongoing delays in getting a patch out for Treo 700p users and the ham-handedness with which they're being handled by Palm. Some are concerned...
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Apple patches (CanSecWest) QuickTime hole
- Apple patches CanSecWest QuickTime holeAh great, another 19 MB downloadand yet another chance for them to try to get me to install the QuickTime + iTunes bundle.Ugh. Can't they just patch the one file that has the flaw?OSX hack?When the report of this attack on the Macbook came out, there...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-01
- Microsoft's advisories giving clues to hackers
- Microsoft's advisories giving clues to hackersAnyone have a preference on icing?I personally am a Vanilla guy, but Microsoft seems to just be taking the cake this month. Should have known that was coming. I honestly don't see why they would have released a detailed response like that. Poor Windows users,...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Microsoft to push fix for patch trouble
- Microsoft to push fix for patch troubleMicrosoft to push fix for patch troubleSo Microsoft had to fix other people's broken software? That's a pretty generous thing for them to do.Here we go again!Patch the patch to patch the patch that patches the patch which didn't patch the patch which...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-09
- Patch Tuesday resumes with 'critical' Windows fix
- Patch Tuesday resumes with 'critical' Windows fixPatch Tuesday resumes with 'critical' Windows fixGood for them. Being consistent is the key here and releasing a few patches on Tuesday means everyone knows when to expect it. It will make it much easier for the sys admins to install and...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- Windows cursor patch causing trouble
- Windows cursor patch causing troubleWindows cursor patch causing troubleNo problems here at work or at home. The problem was due to one piece of specific hardware and even that has already been fixed. Its Realtek's hardware that was incompatible, no fault of Windows. I have no idea how...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-04
- A Red Hat (Linux) mega patch
- A Red Hat Linux mega patchVeryy misleading title - Mega PatchAs you stated, there are 3 critical vulnerabilities, but they're in user packages, not core OS internals.[b]Ekiga[/b] (formerly Gnome Meeting - an H.323 client)[b]Firefox[/b] This is the 1.5.0.10 patch that everyone knows about - nothing new[b]Thunderbird[/b] Again, this was known.The...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-16
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