Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
A vulnerability in Microsoft's implementation of the SMB2 protocol can be exploited via the net to crash or reboot Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems. The root of the problem is an error in how the srv2.sys driver handles client requests when the header of the "Process Id High" field ...
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Have you ever written a text message and then failed to correctly multiply 3 by 7 right after you pressed "send"?Have you ever posted an update on Facebook and instantly reached for your Proust? And have you ever sent a tweet, looked in the mirror, and suddenly believed that you ...
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
A rootkit is a piece of software which, for nefarious purposes, aims to run undetected on your computer. It will hide itself from process listings and will seek to interfere with the ordinary running of your system to fulfil its own purposes.A bootkit is a particular type of rootkit which ...
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
Protecting the management account for cloud services can be one of the most critical security points of a cloud-based solution. Arguably, the account is more important than instance and operating system security for cloud workloads. Amazon web services (AWS) has recently introduced a new feature, Amazon web services multi-factor authentication ...
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Saturday, September 5th, 2009
A stitch in time saves nine. I couldn’t sew my way out of a bag, but it’s true advice for bloggers as well — a little bit of work on an upgrade now saves a lot of work fixing something later.Right now there is a worm making its way around ...
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