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- UAC security flaw in Windows 7 beta
- UAC security flaw in Windows 7 beta10,000,000 worms and counting Vista with UAC!UAC works great in Vista 10,000,000 MILLION wormsand counting!RE: UAC security flaw in Windows 7 betaIt's beta, it's something I'm sure MS will change. It's not like it would be terribly difficult to have it prompt whenever...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-30
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- Exploit published for critical IE 7 zero-day flaw
- Do you mean:"The vulnerability was confirmed on fully patched Windows XP SP3 systems with Internet Explorer 6 and [b]7[/b]."Also how effective is the exploit with Protected Mode and limited user account usage? I'd like to see more information on how these two mitigation techniques work against exploits. I suspect the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid
- 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.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples
- RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- New Adobe PDF flaw under attack; Patch coming Tuesday
- Note to all Knuckleheads....The vulnerability affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 and earlier versions on Windows, Macintosh and UNIXWhy announce at all? Just fix the thingI'm getting really tired of any company that gives the ostensibly obligatory "We're on that!" and then it's some time before the fix comes. These...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Adobe Flash zero-day attack underway; Harden PDF Reader immediately
- Malicious hackers have found a new vulnerability in Adobe's ever-present Flash software and are using rigged PDF documents to launch exploits against Windows targets. The Adobe Flash Player flaw, which is currently unpatched, affects millions of Windows XP and Windows Vista users. Adobe has acknowledged a "potential...
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium)
- Editors' note: This review was written for Windows 7 Professional. Windows 7 Home Premium share many features with Windows 7 Professional, but not all of them. See Microsoft's feature comparison chart.The best thing to happen to Microsoft's public relations in years, Windows 7 is more than just spin. The public...
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Microsoft Windows 7 (Ultimate)
- Editors' note: This review was written for Windows 7 Professional. Windows 7 Ultimate contains two features that aren't present in the Professional edition. Ultimate comes with support for BitLocker for data protection on portable devices, and it also comes with native support for 35 languages. See Microsoft's feature comparison chart.The...
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Microsoft Windows 7 (Professional)
- The best thing to happen to Microsoft's public relations in years, Windows 7 is more than just spin. The public testing process, involving one limited-availability beta and one release candidate, too, constitutes what some are calling the largest shareware trial period ever. Although the look of Windows 7 may...
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Secunia: Average insecure program per PC rate remains high
- Secunia: Average insecure program per PC rate remains highGeneralizations are always bad ;)I see Secunia quoted as saying "Failing to do so is playing Russian Roulette with your IT security ? it is only a question about time ? and luck ? when your system will be compromised."Yes, patching is...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions
- Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAnotherIt seems everytime I turn around now Adobe is having a critical flaw in one program or another. If it weren't for PDF files I think even acrobat would be gone.Windows Update...Microsoft should be working with Adobe to get this crap patched via Windows...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook
- 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. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"
- The UAC flaw, a serious issue bubbling away underneath the surface of Microsoft's next operating system, has been described as the "Pandora's box of security vulnerabilities". But what is it exactly? Where did it all start from, what is the vulnerability and where do we go from here? Hopefully this...
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Attackers pounce on Microsoft PowerPoint zero-day
- Attackers pounce on Microsoft PowerPoint zero-dayVulnerability patch cycle unacceptableMS would be better spending the $600M advertising (See Mary's blog) waste of money on strengthening the threat response team as several months for an already exploited hole is insane and does not do their reputation any favours.Eg: For Excel 2000...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- One-year-old (unpatched) Windows 'token kidnapping' under attack
- One-year-old unpatched Windows 'token kidnapping' under attackMS should patch this but you do your readers a disservice by not mentioningMS should patch this but you do your readers a disservice by not mentioning that this requires IIS to be installed on the machine. Since the default install of Windows does...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-16
- Windows 7 - The missing bits
- Windows 7 - The missing bitsProbably won't seean ISO mounter as that would offend the DRM community SecuRom et al. /tongue-in-cheekAnd could you imagine the grief MS will get the first time there is a flaw in their password app? As long as this is tied to the...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-27
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
- Microsoft backpedals on UAC flaw
- After initially describing the ability for code to change UAC user account Control levels on Windows 7 beta without generating a UAC prompt as "by design" Microsoft has now agreed to make changes to the Release Candidate code to tighten up security with regards to this issue. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-02-06
- Microsoft: UAC security setting not changing (for now)
- Microsoft: UAC security setting not changing for nowWhy is this so confusing?I'm not understanding Microsoft's position here. Didn't they get lambasted for the default everyone NT security model? Now their efforst come down to a "well, it's mostly secure now" default method? Seriously. They must be idiots.How about a simple,...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
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