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Microsoft

root — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:16:26 +0000

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 important for all affected versions. The second bulletin applies to various Office releases and components for Windows and Mac and is also rated as important for all affected versions.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-mar.mspx

Microsoft MS10-015 BSOD Issue

root — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:19:28 +0000

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 issued directions on how to resolve this issue and has temporarily removed this update from the Windows Update Service until a complete investigation can be done.
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/tidserv-and-ms10-015
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/73cea559-ebbd-4274-96bc-e292b69f2fd1
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5250
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/12/update-restart-issues-after-installing-ms10-015.aspx

Adobe and Social Networks

root — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:20:53 +0000

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 are a social networker, keep separate passwords for all sites. Change your password every 3 months, and make sure its no less than 8 characters, with upper and lower case, symbols and numbers.

Speaking of Twitter, follow our tweets. @AZITMGMT