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- MS Outlook flaw adds new twist to URI handling saga
- MS Outlook flaw adds new twist to URI handling sagaFirefox Folks this is fixed in current verion 2.0.0.7ntBS -- it's a FireFox bug.MS has investigated the whole story thoroughly, and it's someone else's problem.RE: MS Outlook flaw adds new twist to URI handling sagaIt's been Microsoft's modus for years. If...
- Tags: Web browsers, Groupware, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., URI, MS Outlook flaw, flaw, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, new twist, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- MS Outlook flaw adds new twist to URI handling saga
- For months, Microsoft has taken a firm hands-off approach to the URI protocol handling vulnerability saga, shrugging off suggestions that there's a flaw in Windows that needs to be fixed. Now comes word that two Microsoft products -- Outlook Express 6 and Outlook 2000 -- have joined...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, MS Outlook Flaw, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Web Browsers, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Internet, Enterprise Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
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- News to know: Intel; Oracle, Microsoft patches; Azure; Mourning a dead laptop
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Intel shines: Earnings, revenue, margins well above estimates; Outlook better Andrew Nusca: PC sales to see biggest drop...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Mobile, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Windows Mobile Customizability, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- Motorola Clutch has QWERTY smartphone style, PTT, military-grade toughness, no contract [review]
- The Motorola Clutch is a fascinating hybrid of a phone. At first glance, it looks much like a BlackBerry smartphone: it's got a full QWERTY keyboard and its profile is a bit of a hybrid between that and a candybar phone -- meaning...
- Tags: Phone, Smart Phone, Camera, Motorola Inc., Motorola Clutch, User Experience, Telecom & Utilities, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-10
- Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chips
- Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chipsBut does it run Flash?I figured I would chime in since people feel that it is the OS writers issue to provide Flash compatibility - witness all the users griping about lack of FLASH in the Iphone, Android...
- Tags: Operating systems, gmail, ARM, Google Inc., operating system, Intel Corp., Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, chip
- Discussion threads 2009-07-09
- Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000
- Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000This isn't like Hell's Kitchen, is it?You know, where the $250,000 prize is actually an annual salary to work in a position much lower than you were led to believe.RE: Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000Absolutely hilarious. The NBM'ers swore up...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, Conficker worm author, Snitch, Conficker, worm author, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-12
- News to know: Yahoo's Bartz, Genachowski, Sony's loss, Chrome for Mac
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo? Yahoo to name Bartz CEO; Now the fun begins Sam Diaz: Ya-hoooo: There's a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Federal Government, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Government, Software, Internet, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- News to know: Microsoft patches; Office 14; Intuit; SAP
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Office 14: The near silence is deafening Ryan Naraine: Hackers exploiting unpatched IE 7 flaw to launch drive-by attacks MS Patch...
- Tags: Intuit Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office, Patch Management, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Salesforce dumping 4,000 PCs for Macs?
- Salesforce dumping 4,000 PCs for Macs?Watch what happens at......P&G, Gillette, and a hundred other organizations when someone says that a company with 4000 computers switched. That will make headlines. The "We're too big to switch; it's too complicated, we don't have the software, it's too costly" arguments will start...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Mac users - Secure or smug?
- Mac users - Secure or smug?I see the "Vote" code ....... has been "upgraded". It nows zero % on the first vote.Anyway, the real question is what can be attacked on a Mac or a Linux box as most distros force you into a standard user account that has very...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Limited User, Mac-user, malware, MacOSX, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- Microsoft patches URI handling, DNS spoofing flaws
- Microsoft has finally shipped a comprehensive fix for a critical URI handling vulnerability that exposes Windows users to drive-by malware attacks. The patch, available in the MS07-061 bulletin, covers a remote code execution vulnerability in the way that the Windows shell handles specially crafted URIs that are...
- Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, DNS Server, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, Microsoft Windows, Domain Names, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Microsoft confirms PDF attacks, urges caution
- In the wake of this week's malware attacks using rigged PDF files, Microsoft has updated its security advisory to stress that the underlying flaw -- in the Windows operating system -- is still not fixed. The advisory, first issued on October 10, points to an unpatched...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-26
- Adobe shuts backdoor in PDF Reader, some old versions still vulnerable
- As promised earlier this month, Adobe has shipped a fix for the URI protocol handling vulnerability that left a backdoor open on Windows XP machines with Internet Explorer 7 installed. The patch, rated "critical," addresses multiple flaws in Adobe Reader and Acrobat that could allow an attacker...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- News to know: Outlook flaw; Ending spam; Windows to Mac; Gamemaster
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: MS Outlook flaw adds new twist to URI handling saga. David Berlind: After authentication of senders, ending spam requires a relationship managment protocol. Tech Shakedown #10: Windows Media Player's error dialog road to nowhere. Podcast: Google's search appliance 5.0 mines...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Lawmaker, ComScore Networks Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Flaw, Shrep, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Media Players, Microsoft Outlook, Cyberthreats, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Security
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
- Microsoft slaps bandaid on IE, MS Word
- Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer browser has undergone a security makeover to correct at least four vulnerabilities that could be used in code execution attacks if a user simply surfs to a maliciously rigged Web page. The cumulative IE update (MS07-057), shipped as part of this month's Patch...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Flaw, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Microsoft Word, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Security, Software, Internet, Office Suites, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- Critical Microsoft Agent flaw hits Windows 2000
- Critical Microsoft Agent flaw hits Windows 2000Correction re: "mainstream support""Because that version of the operating system is out of mainstream support, Microsoft only offers free patches for Windows 2000 SP4 (Service Pack 4)."Whether an OS is out of mainstream support is irrelevant in this case -- XP is still in...
- Tags: Real estate, Operating systems, Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Patches, hacker, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Agent, agent, Critical Microsoft Agent flaw, Critical Microsoft Agent
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- Critical IE, Excel updates headline bumper Patch Tuesday
- Critical IE, Excel updates headline bumper Patch TuesdayThe last two vulnerabilities aren't even in IEJust so you know, the two "ActiveX Object Memory Corruption" vulnerabilities are not actually vulnerabilities in IE. I have never heard of pdwizard.ocx or tblinf32.dll -- according to the bulletins they are part of Visual...
- Tags: Web browsers, Patches, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Internet Explorer, vulnerability, patch management, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- Microsoft: 'Very difficult' to block IE attack vector
- Microsoft: 'Very difficult' to block IE attack vectorSeems to me......that Mozilla's stance is tantamount to saying that IE should be protecting Firefox from itself. Should IE be deciding what gets passed along to other applications? How is IE supposed to know what is valid and what isn't?Carl RapsonIn Programming Terms...Mozilla...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2007-07-20
- Mac worm rumors swirl; Dai Zovi ships unofficial Mac OS X patch
- Mac worm rumors swirl; Dai Zovi ships unofficial Mac OS X patchThis flaw means nothing to me .Do you want to know why ? Read this excerpt from the story:Amidst unconfirmed rumors that anonymous hackers have created a worm that exploits an unpatched code execution flaw in Mac OS X...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Unpatched system, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, worm, virus, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- 'Critical' Vista, IE 7 patches highlight MS security updates
- This month's batch of patches from Microsoft includes six bulletins covering at least 15 vulnerabilities, including several critical code execution holes in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.In all, Redmond pushed out four critical bulletins with fixes for flaws that could put Windows users at risk of complete PC takeover...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Digital rights management, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
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