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Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks

Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacksUhh duh!Um, isn't this a well known weakness, not in the software, but the WPAD draft? Hardly anything new here. It'll also happen if hackers gain access to your DHCP server...If someone owns your WINS or DNS, WPAD is the least...

Tags: NETWORKING, Domain names, Microsoft Windows, network, WPAD, WINS, Microsoft Corp., DNS, Mike Cox

Discussion threads 2007-03-25

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Microsoft, researcher spar over security patch

Microsoft, researcher spar over security patchWhy not use pass through proxiesThat is what I use and it takes so much less work to setup than using WPAD. I set my appliance at the gateway, setup a few parameters and have it email me the reports each night. Much easier and...

Tags: Patches, security, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Microsoft fixes critical Windows kernel, WINS flaws

Microsoft today shipped three security bulletins with fixes for at least 8 documented vulnerabilities affecting millions of Windows OS users. The most serious of this month's patch batch is rated "critical" and could allow full remote execution attacks if a Windows user is simply lured into viewing...

Tags: Flaw, Vulnerability, WINS, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Where on earth are these Microsoft patches?

Lost in the shuffle of this month's Patch Tuesday barrage is the fact that a critical vulnerability in the ever-present Windows Media Player WMP was not fixed "because of a last minute quality issue." Microsoft originally listed the WMP update in the advance notice for August but,...

Tags: Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-14

News to know: So long Vista kill switch; XP SP3; Adobe; AMD; Microsoft vulnerability

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: With SP1, Microsoft plans to ditch the Vista "kill switch". Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy scheme. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: See, complain loud enough and Microsoft will listen. Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN,...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Eastman Kodak Co., Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Internet, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Sales

Blog posts 2007-12-04

Microsoft confirms man-in-the-middle WPAD vulnerability

Following the public release of a serious flaw in the way Windows resolves hostnames that do not include a fully-qualified domain name FQDN, Microsoft has issued a security advisory to acknowledge the issue and offer pre-patch workarounds. Redmond's advisory comes more than two weeks after hacker Beau...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Domain, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Domain Names, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-12-03

Automatic Proxy Discovery Package for Co-Located Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server and Internet Information Services (IIS) 2006.2 (Windows)

Solve the problem of implementing automatic proxy discovery when Internet Information Services IIS and Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration ISA Server are installed on the same computer. When Internet Information Services IIS and Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration ISA Server are co-located, as in a Microsoft Small Business Server SBS...

Tags: Internet, ISA, Microsoft Windows, Information Service, Microsoft Corp., Internet Security, Microsoft IIS Server, Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-09-13

Firewall Client for ISA Server 4.0 (build 4.0.3442.654) (Windows)

Firewall Client for ISA Server can be optionally installed on client computers protected by Microsoft ISA Server. Firewall Client for ISA Server provides enhanced security, application support, and access control for client computers. Firewall Client for ISA Server provides authentication for Winsock applications that use TCP and UDP, supports complex...

Tags: Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft ISA Server, Firewall Client, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking

Software downloads 2007-09-05