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Hardware DEP saves day again on VML IE exploit

Hardware DEP saves day again on VML IE exploitA Better Solution?[i]"Reliable software does what it is supposed to do. Secure software does what it is supposed to do... and nothing else."[/i]See [url=http://en.opensuse.org/AppArmor_Detail]AppArmor Details[/url]A better solution?Windows Folks, consider running a VMWare Linux Appliance, e.g., SUSE with AppArmor.The SUSE 10.1 vmx Appliance...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Web browsers, NETWORKING, Microsoft Excel, Linux, VML IE, Hardware DEP, Mozilla Firefox, hardware, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-20

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HTML Snapshot 2.1.2008.1118 (Windows)

HTML Snapshot ActiveX Component can take capture a whole snapshot of a given URL. It downloads web page and then capture it as image. It can be easily integrated into applications written in languages that support ActiveX Component such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, C++ Builder, .Net languages, Java,...

Tags: HTML, Microsoft Windows, Image, PNG, Guangming Software

Software downloads 2008-11-27

Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flaw

Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flawGreatAnother company that doesn't understand blended threats when it's pointed out to them. Even worse with them responsible for Web 2.0 stuff that's a great set of vectors for attacks.RE: Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flawOh the ignorance at Google never fails to amaze me. They...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Google Inc., Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, carpet-bombing flaw, Microsoft Internet, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?

Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?Apples WWDC has been sold out for thefirst time in history. Something is happening.Conspire away.Do you all practice together?Because your MS rants all sound the same. I love how you all paint marketshare as a measure...

Tags: Microsoft Office, window, Microsoft Windows, Apples WWDC, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2008-05-16

Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?

Could it be that a Macintosh program will be the tipping point for the confidence that ISVs have in Microsoft as a technology partner? One c-level technologist for a Windows enterprise app says "no more" to Redmond's vision. I wrote the other day about Microsoft's Mac Business...

Tags: Developer, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Window, ISV, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Engineer, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Websense: UN, UK sites compromised by JavaScript injection

Websense on Tuesday said that the UN and UK government sites are being attacked in a mass JavaScript injection attack. According to Websense: Websense Security Labs has been tracking a recent development of the malicious JavaScript injection that compromised thousands of domains at the start of...

Tags: JavaScript, Injection, Websense Inc., Attack, Scripting Languages, Security, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Microsoft bends over backwards to prove there's an 'open' in OOXML

Microsoft bends over backwards to prove there's an 'open' in OOXMLEU and OOML[i]For the record, I requested more information from the European Commission regarding exactly how OOXML fits into its latest investigation and got no response.[/i]I emailed the ECIS about their complaint too. Also no responce. However, their web site...

Tags: Open Specification Promise, plug-in, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, Microsoft Office, XML

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

Attack of the PDFs

Less than 24 hours after Adobe shipped a fix for a gaping hole affecting its Reader and Acrobat software, PDF files rigged with malware are beginning to land in e-mail spam filters. The discovery of the active attacks have underlined the need for Windows users to immediately...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Attack, DeepSight Team, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-10-23

TIBCO revs up enterprise Ajax with General Interface 3.5

TIBCO Software gave a boost to Ajax in the enterprise last week when it released Version 3.5 of its open-source Ajax toolkit, General Interface GI. The new version of the award-winning package includes improvements to performance and tooling and offers such other enhancements as an integrated context-sensitive help system...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-09-06

Bank of India site hijacked, launching exploits

The Bank of India Web site has been hijacked by online criminals and is being used to serve up rootkits and backdoor Trojans on unpatched Windows machines. Malware hunters at Sunbelt Software are warning that a snippet of code has been planted into the Bank of India...

Tags: Bank, Malware, Attack, Bank Of India Web Site, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-08-31

A tale of two animated cursor attacks

At the height of the animated cursor(.ani) attacks last week, there were two different groups using different motives to hit a different set of targets.According to Websense Security Labs, the first set of attacks started in the China region and appear to be the work of groups within the Asia...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Patch Watch, Mozilla, Microsoft, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-04-09

Charts in Google Spreadsheet are imminent

With the launch of Google Docs & Spreadsheets for Google Apps around the corner, I figured it was about time I dug around the source code to see what I could find. I decided "charts" would be a good place to start in Google Spreadsheets -- and boy did...

Tags: Google Speculation, Google Docs

Blog posts 2007-02-20

Super Bowl stadium site hacked, seeded with exploits

Super Bowl stadium site hacked, seeded with exploitsI'm with you.Fire the IT staff and replace everybody. This is criminal. What a bunch of lames. Who hired these guys? People who make money cleaning out infected machines? Argggggh...When Ignorance Becomes Criminal Negligence Pt. 2What company, what...

Tags: Web browsers, exploit, Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2007-02-02

Attack code out for 'critical' Windows flaw

Attack code out for 'critical' Windows flawnah, ya MS shillBill's gotta 'nuff of my money already.The time is ripe for Linux. As the web becomes the app MS is increasingly less relevant. Additionally, FF market share grows in correlation to savviness and Thunderbird often follows suit.Remember, that gloating today reaps...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Linux, patch

Discussion threads 2007-01-16

Flex 2 and Ajax working together

Flex 2 and Ajax working togetheranother approachCross-platform charting can also be achieved by using VML on IE and SVG on Firefox. This has the advantages that:- it's a standards-based approach. You can, eg, get SVG exports of your charts- it actually works on Linux, where Flash frequently crashesSeveral...

Tags: SWF, SVG, AJAX, Flex 2, VML, OpenLaszlo

Discussion threads 2006-10-18

Cyber crime gangs are learning to work together

Cyber crime gangs are learning to work togetherHonor among thieves?I doubt it. It may work this time, but sooner or later, somebody's going to cheat, unless, of course, the rules are enforced with firearms, which is traditionally how organized crime works.Linux utilityQuoting:Roger also talks about how they used a...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Cellular phones, High Technology Crime Investigation Association, forensics, Cyber-crime gang, IP, cell phone

Discussion threads 2006-10-11

Cyber crime gangs are learning to work together

According to the just released Exploit Prevalence Survey for the month of September, web based exploits against the IE VML flaw are the most widely distributed exploit ever. The report is put together by Exploit Prevention Labs XPL. They use a distributed network of computers to scan the web...

Tags: exploit, Roger

Blog posts 2006-10-11

Don't try to do interactive graphics with Ajax

Don't try to do interactive graphics with AjaxTrying to build a cathedral out of bambooQuite frankly, the debate between AJAX and RIAs is akin to the debate between procedural languages and OOP languages. No one would seriously contend that sophisticated apps can be done in AJAX, anymore than someone would...

Tags: graphics, AJAX site, AJAX Framework, richness, AJAX, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2006-10-04

Don't try to do interactive graphics with Ajax

One of the things that I think really differentiates Rich Internet Applications from traditional, Ajax-based web applications is that RIAs provide a level of interaction that Ajax just cant. Right now, because everyone is used to the browser model, were okay with making our text-heavy applications interactive. That seems very...

Tags: AJAX

Blog posts 2006-10-04

For Vista, WGA gets tougher

For Vista, WGA gets tougherJust remember, EdYou are not the customer. Dell is the customer; you are the product.Upgrade to Vista? NFW!!!So in Vista, WGA will return with sharper teeth. Well, that's just bloody awesome news ... NOT!!!Unless and until M$ resolves the boondoggle that WGA has...

Tags: License Compliance, prejudice, Dell Computer Corp., irony, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, software, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-10-04