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- Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accounts
- Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accountsRe:using pirated windowsThere is no reason that pirated versions of windows should be more vulnerable than genuine ones, this statistic only shows the lack of knowledge and common sense that the people using pirated windows have, since they don't seem...
- Tags: Least Privilege account, standard user, Least Privilege, UAC, critical Microsoft vulnerability, Microsoft Vulnerabilities, standard User Account, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
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- Sprint lures two from Verizon; new 'unlimited' plan seals deal
- Gone to Sprint!As a 21 year VZW customer and my wife as a 16 year VZW customer, our bills with data on our phones and 400 minutes for me and unlimited and text for hers, our bills were $270/month combined (mine with a 6% discount on a business plan). ...
- Tags: GPS, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Verizon Communications Inc., VZW, Sprint Communications
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- The! meaning! of! bing!
- they're all dyingcan three men dying in a boat save one another, well I guess cannibalism could work.HP: has cut their printer line so much that I have to wait a month to get a printer shipped direct from themIntel: actually the strongest of the bunch, but your right their...
- Tags: Backups, PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-08
- Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"
- Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"Not that big an issue....Not that big an issue since the defalt in Windows 7 RC is to allways notify... so as long as you don't tamper with the default you should be ok. And hopefully 90% of users will leave it...
- Tags: SECURITY, Operating systems, Adrian, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, flaw, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe files
- Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe filesThey should....Default to show all extensions and give people the ability to hide them if they prefer, not sure why they would, but the option would be there. This is a good point to make and I hope...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, UAC, security
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Windows 7 chiefs: We messed up
- Windows 7 chiefs: We messed upIt certainly would be nice if they were aseasily moved by the idea that many hold about the gutting of the start menu, and the forced install procedures. Instead of treating people as though they are becoming more sophisticated and knowledgeable, Microsoft is treating the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 chief, UAC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- Is UAC broken in Windows 7 beta?
- Is UAC broken in Windows 7 beta?Hmm..."UAC is totally useless on accounts in Windows 7 beta with admin privileges" Isn't that exactly the same as Vista?Fortunate then that this isn't the default, isn't it?Definitely broken.With this change we're essentially back to pre-Vista levels of security. Microsoft needs to change the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-02-04
- 'Extremely severe' vulnerabilities in Opera browser
- 'Extremely severe' vulnerabilities in Opera browserNow I could have sworn......that on the thread listing FF as insecure that someone said FF had been exposed and Opera was the real secure browser lol.Just shows that even the supposedly most secure browser has flawsBrowsers, by dint of their job, interact with insecure...
- Tags: browser version, Mozilla Firefox, Opera browser, Opera Software ASA, vulnerability, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-12-16
- Microsoft: Third party apps killing our security
- Microsoft: Third party apps killing our securityI use Youtube oftenand what they did is good. I really disliked the whole real player thing as well.It was a horrid thing. Aside from which platform it was run on.Tell That To Some Web SeminarsI had to attend one last week, one of...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital media, Digital music, Construction, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Microsoft Windows Vista, security
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Women and leadership
- Last week, my dead tree copy of McKinsey Quarterly arrived bearing the above title. This section caught my eye (p.45 and written by Joanne Barsch, Susie Cranston and Rebecca A. Craske): One surprising thing we learned as a result of talking with female leaders was that they often fail...
- Tags: McKinsey & Co., Leadership, Men, Women, Leader, Personal Development, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit
- Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLinux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLOL! And the hits to linux just keep coming! So thats 4 different incidents within a week's time of how badly linux sucks. Poor linus must be hiding under his bed trying...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Rootkits, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, SSH, attack, Compromised SSH, Compromised, Microsoft Windows, rootkit, security
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Windows security rendered useless? Uh, not exactly
- Windows security rendered useless? Uh, not exactlyOh no!!Another Bott post!!!! I glad there is no more nonsense comparison between two different things.Um, Ed ...... I know you read the paper because I sent you the PDF, but it seems you failed to notice a few things.You accuse me of "alarming...
- Tags: Web browsers, Defense-in-Depth, exploitation, Microsoft Windows, memory corruption vulnerability, Web browser, security
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 4: Get smart about services
- In the three previous installments of this series, I discussed ways to improve the performance of Windows Vista by changing some settings especially those installed by an OEM PC maker. If you need to catch up, go read Part 1 the pros and cons of a clean install, Part 2...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Service, Superfetch, Trade-off, Windows Search, Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- TechNet Webcast: LUA Buglight (Level 400)
- LUA Buglight (version 2.0 currently in the works) is a tool designed to help both developers and IT professionals system administrators identify the specific causes of Least-privilege User Account LUA bugs in desktop applications running on the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista operating systems. Once the specific...
- Tags: Webcast, Cause, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-05-01
- The future of net discrimination, brought to you by Comcast
- The future of net discrimination, brought to you by ComcastComcast Is DeadBetween the lawsuits and Verizon killing them with fiber, Comcast will be a punch line in the next few years in major metropolitan areas.Net discrimination by ComcastAs a Comcast customer I do have issues with this. Even though...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Internet service providers (ISPs), Comcast Corp., P2P, Internet Service Provider
- Discussion threads 2007-10-24
- More donation woes
- More donation woesAre there other schools in the area?Maybe you could direct the person to another local school or maybe a church or even a some of the smaller "mom and pop" shops. Either way the donations take care of the hardware issues for whomever the recipients are, and your...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, hardware, donation, National Cristina Foundation
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Defeating UAC with a two-stage malware attack
- Defeating UAC with a two-stage malware attackHoly shyte!Now that is slick. ]:)Another suggestionHow about this simple suggestion to deal with the threat that was outlined: Don't allow idential shortcuts to exist as targets of start menu shortcuts).Am I missing something, or doesn't allowing duplication actually defeat the purpose of an...
- Tags: Terminal services, Advertising & Promotion, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, malware, UAC, permission
- Discussion threads 2007-05-16
- Defeating UAC with a two-stage malware attack
- An independent security researcher has released details on a two-stage malware attack against Windows Vista to show how easy it is for non-privileged code to replace shortcuts on the Start Menu and intercept UAC User Account Control privilege elevation prompts.Rob Paveza's proof-of-concept (.pdf) uses a regular Trojan horse program as...
- Tags: Exploit code, Digital rights management, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Hackers, Metasploit, Microsoft, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Symantec, Viruses and Worms, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Microsoft knew of Windows .ANI flaw since December 2006
- Microsoft knew of Windows .ANI flaw since December 2006Don't be so tough on MicrosoftThe whole idea behind confidential disclosure of bugs like this is to keep the attackers from finding out about them. Issuing a patch before the attack surfaces in the wild just gives the malware creators a...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-03-30
- BeyondTrust makes standard user usable in Windows
- BeyondTrust makes standard user usable in WindowsSounds like a similar concept to ...... Novells' AppAmour which can define acceptable behaviour for an application and who to email if someone tries/manages to circumvent it.In other words, in the year 2000 Windows was already archaicOu writes: "The simple reason for this is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, group policy, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, software
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
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