Microsoft
As a reminder, Microsoft is planning to release two security bulletins today, March 9, 2010. Both bulletins carry a maximum severity rating of important and the issues addressed could lead to remote code execution. The first bulletin applies to various versions of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 and is rated as [...]
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Microsoft MS10-015 BSOD Issue
Microsoft has acknowledged that there is an issue when applying the update related to advisory MS10-015 on systems that are infected with certain malware strains including one called “Tidserv”. These infected systems have a high likelihood of becoming unbootable displaying a PAGE_FAULT “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD) error. Microsoft has [...]
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February
Microsoft Advance Notification for February
The assessment was updated yesterday to note that Microsoft has released their Advance Notification for February Security Bulletins. On Tuesday, February 9, Microsoft plans on releasing a total of thirteen Security Bulletins: five “critical”, seven “important”, and one “moderate”. These bulletins will address a total of [...]
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MS10-002
Microsoft has released MS10-002 today. The update addresses 7 privately reported and 1 publicly reported vulnerability which is associated with the widely publicized attacks associated with Security Advisory 979352. There are four (4) Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, two (2) HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, one (1) XSS Filter Script Handling Vulnerability, and one (1) URL [...]
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Security News
Microsoft Announces out of cycle Security Update schedule
Microsoft issued their Advanced Notification Service (ANS) notification to inform customers of the impending release of MS10-002 on January 21st, 2010. The update will be cumulative, in advance of the normal February release Cycle, and is intended to protect customers from the known, widely publicized attacks associated with [...]
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Adobe and Social Networks
According the the McAfee predictions report, Adobe will be a larger target for hackers than Microsoft. So keep your adobe products updated. No matter how annoying they are. You know what we’re talking about.
Also, beware when social networking. Sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook will be a very large target for hackers. If you [...]
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Anti-Virus
There are plenty of tools that you can use for removing viruses and worms. Go with some name brand software from reputable websites and companies. Trying to skim and save on Anti-virus can further infect you in the end.
Some reputable software you can check out are:
McAfee
Symantec
Trend Micro
Microsoft (yes, we are totally shocked as well)
Panda Software
Sophos
According to Lifehacker [...]