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December Security Bulletins

Today Microsoft released the following Security Bulletins: Bulletin Summary: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms05-Dec.mspx Critical Bulletins: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (905915) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms05-054.mspx Important Bulletins...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 12-13-2005
Filed under: Microsoft Windows Topics, Antivirus and Security News, Miscellaneous
Microsoft Online Virtual Labs

If you haven't had a chance to try out the online labs - you should. It beats building these systems and they get updated regularly so there is always something new to try. Plus, there are two places you can go, on the TechNet virtual labs , most technologies are covered including ISA, SQL Server, MBSA...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 11-03-2005
Filed under: Scripting, SMS Topics, Exchange Topics, Microsoft Windows Topics, Antivirus and Security News, Microsoft Access, Miscellaneous, Office, MOM
The Firefox Jubilee

Microsoft Monitor: The Firefox Jubilee Firefox downloads had topped 100 million. Now that it is becoming more popular, we will see if it is "more secure" or "less secure" than IE...since the popularity is increasing, then so will the "hacking" against it because it is a bigger target. If it does "outfox...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 10-20-2005
Filed under: Antivirus and Security News, Miscellaneous
Microsoft Security Advisory (909444): Various Issues After Installing Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-051 on Systems That Have Non-default File Permissions

Microsoft Security Advisory (909444): Various Issues After Installing Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-051 on Systems That Have Non-default File Permissions Microsoft Security Advisory (909444) Various Issues After Installing Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-051 on Systems That Have Non-default File...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 10-19-2005
Filed under: Microsoft Windows Topics, Antivirus and Security News, Miscellaneous
Nintendo DS Trojan

Hot on the heels of the first PSP trojan, we've today learned about the first trojan for Nintendo DS handheld gaming console. This simple trojan, known as "DSBrick" overwrites critical memory areas, preventing the console from booting. Homebrewn software can be run only on modified DS units, so this...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 10-11-2005
Filed under: Antivirus and Security News, Miscellaneous
Microsoft Hotfixes posted as of 10-02-2005

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906600 The fixes that are included in Office 2003 Service Pack 2 that require a registry key http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906460 Issues that are fixed in Access 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=893665 Creating and opening ASP...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 10-05-2005
Filed under: SMS 2003 KBs, Microsoft Windows Topics, Antivirus and Security News, Microsoft Access, Miscellaneous
Do you use Firefox because of Security??

» Is the Firefox honeymoon over? Firefox not only has more vulnerabilities per month than Internet Explorer, but it is now surpassing Internet Explorer for the number of exploits available for public download in recent months. Here is a break down of recent vulnerabilities: Month Firefox 1.x Vulnerabilities...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 09-21-2005
Filed under: Antivirus and Security News, Miscellaneous
USB Devices Can Crack Windows

USB Devices Can Crack Windows Vulnerabilities in USB drivers for Windows could allow an attacker to take control of locked workstations using a specially programmed Universal Serial Bus device, according to an executive from SPI Dynamics, which discovered the security hole. The buffer-overflow vulnerabilities...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 07-23-2005
Filed under: Microsoft Windows Topics, Antivirus and Security News, Miscellaneous
Microsoft Update Client Setup

I went to http://update.microsoft.com initially and was not able to see any of the Office, Exchange, or any of the non-Windows XP updates. Now that I followed the following steps, I can see the new Microsoft Updates. I was seeing the new version 6, just not all the other Product Updates. http://www.microsoft...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 06-09-2005
Filed under: Microsoft Windows Topics, Antivirus and Security News, Miscellaneous
THE LEGAL RISK OF LINUX ON THE DESKTOP

Manufacturing Business Technology THE LEGAL RISK OF LINUX ON THE DESKTOP In May 2003, the SCO Group sent a letter to 1,500 large companies around the world warning them that using Linux could amount to a violation of the intellectual property rights it holds on the Unix operating system. Unix, like Linux...

Posted to Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com, Inc. (Weblog) by rcrumbaker on 05-26-2005
Filed under: Microsoft Windows Topics, Antivirus and Security News, Miscellaneous

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