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Aspect 1.4.2 (Windows)

Aspect is a 32-note polyphonic software instrument that combines a great-sounding, powerful synthesis engine, with a flexible semi-modular architecture and unparalleled ease of use. The core of Aspect's superb sound are two analog modeled oscillators, each capable of producing a powerful selection of raw waveforms, and dual filters that can...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Patch Section, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-11

Aspect 1.4.2 (Mac)

Aspect is a 32-note polyphonic software instrument that combines a great-sounding, powerful synthesis engine, with a flexible semi-modular architecture and unparalleled ease of use. The core of Aspect's superb sound are two analog modeled oscillators, each capable of producing a powerful selection of raw waveforms, and dual filters that can...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Patch Section, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-06

Additional Resources

Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files

Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image filesWow, lots of critical vulnerabilities in there!!I can't believe how many of these bugs allow for arbitrary code execution! Viewing an image file shouldn't result in arbitrary code execution.Oh well, at least they were fixed within nano seconds of the vulnerability popping...

Tags: Desktops, SECURITY, Patches, Apple Macintosh, Mac Attack, Apple Inc., vulnerability

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

IE users beware: Zero-day attacks hit Microsoft Video ActiveX Control

Malicious hackers are launching code execution exploits against new, unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft Video ActiveX Control, the company warned in an advisory. The attacks are currently targeting users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.  "An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights...

Tags: ActiveX Control, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Zero-day Bug, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web Browsers, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability

Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability Both Apache and IIS are pretty secureVery few actual vulneralities are found in any of the products. I would wager a bet that 99.999% of successful attacks from the latest years were through the application layer or a misconfiguration.I agree with you.My response was...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, server, Microsoft Corp., Apache Software Foundation, attacker, software

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD

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: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Microsoft plugs 14 PowerPoint security holes

Microsoft plugs 14 PowerPoint security holesPP Viewer?Do these issues affect the Power Point Viewer software?I despise Power Point, but but the corporate types often ship out power point files as "information" so I have to look at some of them.Can't Install the PatchAmazingly on one of our Windows XP Pro...

Tags: Microsoft Office, security, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability, Affected Software, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Unofficial 'patch' for Adobe Reader, Acrobat zero-day

In response to in-the-wild zero-day attacks targeting critical flaws in Adobe's Reader/Acrobat products, a respected security researcher is offering up a home-brewed unofficial patch for Windows users. The buyer-beware patch -- which is simply a replacement for the vulnerable AcroRd32.dll -- is the handiwork of Lurene 'Pusscat'...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, JavaScript, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Tech stimulus: $20b for health care records

Tech stimulus: $20b for health care recordsWe already have universal healthcareThat's where the uninsured go to the emergency room (where no one can be turned away, by law) instead of a clinic or doctor. Very expensive resources are used to treat everyday symptoms. They don't pay and the government doesn't...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, stimulus

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

IE zero-day attack surface expands

The attack surface for password-stealing Trojans currently targeting an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has expanded to include all versions of the browser, including the newest IE 8 Beta 2. Microsoft released an updated advisory to warn that the underlying flaw affects much more than IE...

Tags: Security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Zero-day Bug, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-12

TTProtect 1.06 (Windows)

TTProtect is an advanced software protection tool, it protects software against crackers. It absorbs the advantages of the other protections, and adding own characteristics, use of a unique anti-tracking methods, makes it difficult to debug protected application. TTprotect features Debugger Detection, Anti-Attached, Drx decoding, Code Chaos and confusion, Virtual Machine...

Tags: TTProtect, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Management, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-12-09

uTorrent silently patches critical vulnerability

uTorrent silently patches critical vulnerabilityWow, 2 years old?And this is the first anyone is hearing about it. The first time I am personally hearing about it, anyway. I expect if this flaw was being exploited, then there would have been a patch much sooner.1.8 final is already out.Btw, 1.8 final...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, patch management

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase

Symantec has reported that the Neosploit toolkit has been updated to include attack vectors for the recent Microsoft Access ActiveX vulnerability.  Neosploit is a toolkit for sale on the market (price estimates fall between $1500-$3000) that seeks to automate and extend the capability of browser exploits. Symantec...

Tags: Web, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Access, Vulnerability, Trusted Site, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Site, Zone, Intranet, Attack, Neosploit, Internet, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web Browsers, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-14

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 --...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Patches, Domain names, ZoneAlarm, Internet, patch, server, DNS server, security

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

90% of all statistics can be made to say anything... 50% of the time, aka my thoughts on the Verizon report

** Update 06/23/2008: I realize I didn't do a very good job of talking about what we're reviewing here.  This is in response to the statistics gathered by Verizon related to Forensic Analysis of Data Breaches over a four year span.  First off, let me...

Tags: Business Partner, Vulnerability, Verizon Communications Inc., Attack, Data Breach, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-22

My first day with Firefox 3

My first day with Firefox 3Add-onsSo what's the magic to getting your add-ons working again? Most of mine are disabled awaiting updates that have yet to arrive.A Pint of Guinness for Everyone on the Mozilla Team!Great Effort Mozilla Team!Aye! :)"be leery of new software"Come off it Dana, that's just...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, first day, FF3

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

WoWus 1.07 (Windows)

The World of Warcraft updating system is a standalone application that automates the task of keeping your add-ons current. Anyone that has been playing World of Warcraft for any length of time knows how frustrating a new content patch can be. The scripting system in WoW is under constant modification...

Tags: World Of Warcraft, Add-on, Joseph Cox, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-18

Do we need two open source office suites?

Do we need two open source office suites?That Made Me Scratch My Head, TooMethinks Dana needs to go back and double-check his sources. And, by the way, StarOffice's roots actually go back much further than that: Star Division's StarWriter was first developed back in the mid-80's for CP/M. ...

Tags: OpenOffice, Linux, Word processors, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, open-source office suite, Symphony, StarOffice, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Questioning IT

Questioning IT This is the 14th excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. This section is concerned with things you should talk to your CIO about - informally, but with attention. Topic one: disaster avoidance Basically...

Tags: CIO, Data Center, Information Technology, Credit Card, Clustering, Membership Database, Data Centers, Backups, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-18

AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processors

[UPDATE: Are triple-core Phenom processors just failed quad-core units?  I've been asked this question several times today and to get a definitive answer I approached Scott Carroll, AMD Public Relations, for an official response.  Me:  "Scott, are triple-core Phenom processors just failed quad-core units?" Scott: "No...

Tags: AMD Phenom, Performance, Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-26