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A tribute to a network service

Early days of the Internet produced many great ideas. Some of them transformed the way we live, others didn't quite make it. Finger user information protocol ( RFC742 , RFC1288 ) and service is one of those virtually unknown to the new generation. It was a good idea. You could look up user database...

Posted to Risque Management by Slav on Tue, May 29 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Internet
One Third Of Corporate Applications Vulnerable

According to a report from Danish security vendor Secunia, as many as one third of the applications in use on corporate networks are vulnerable to critical attacks. According to this SC Magazine article, Secunia sites deficiencies in commonly used vulnerability scanners as the culprit. Their point of...

Posted to The Edge by tonybradley on Sun, May 20 2007
Filed under: Filed under: internet, security, flaw, vulnerability, patch, scanner, Secunia, mitigation
Guest on IMI TechTalk Radio Show

Tom D'Auria invited me back to talk more computer security on his IMI TechTalk radio show. I appeared on the show in November of 2006 to promote my book, Essential Computer Security . We did not get to cover all of our questions in the time allotted, so I will be back on the show on Sunday, February...

Posted to The Edge by tonybradley on Sat, Feb 10 2007
Filed under: Filed under: internet, home computer, microsoft, security, backup, restore, internet explorer, ie7, zero-day, essential computer security, imi-techtalk, radio, Tom D'Auria, interview
Internet Explorer Protected Mode

In Vista, Internet Explorer gets the benefit of some added security. Using WIC (Windows Integrity Control), Vista treats files and processes associated with Internet Explorer as Low integrity as long as it is running in Protected Mode. Internet Explorer Protected Mode is enabled by default and ensures...

Posted to The Edge by tonybradley on Tue, Feb 6 2007
Filed under: Filed under: internet, windows vista, security, internet explorer, ie7, protected mode, object, mandatory integrity control, trust, windows integrity control
Windows Integrity Control

With Vista, Microsoft introduced a new security concept to help protect your computer. Rather than relying on discretionary controls, like NTFS file and folder permissions which users can assign and change, Vista also has new mandatory controls. WIC, or Windows Integrity Control (also referred to as...

Posted to The Edge by tonybradley on Mon, Feb 5 2007
Filed under: Filed under: internet, windows vista, microsoft, security, user, internet explorer, ie7, web, protected mode, wic, object, mandatory integrity control, trust, windows integrity control, mic
IE6 Vulnerable More Than 3/4 Of 2006

According to a study compiled by the Washington Post's Brian Krebs , Internet Explorer 6 was vulnerable for 284 out of 365 days in 2006. That amounts to over 77% of the year. What does that mean? It means the for 3/4 of the year there were known vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer 6 for which...

Posted to The Edge by tonybradley on Sun, Jan 7 2007
Filed under: Filed under: internet, home computer, windows xp, microsoft, security, vulnerability, patch, internet explorer, ie7, web, worm, hack, firefox, zero-day
Vista Flaw Discovered

Less than a month from its official release to corporate customers, a vulnerability was already discovered that affects Vista. According to Microsoft and others, the vulnerability can only be exploited if an attacker already has access to the system, meaning they would need to be physically sitting in...

Posted to The Edge by tonybradley on Wed, Jan 3 2007
Filed under: Filed under: internet, windows vista, microsoft, security, flaw, vulnerability, patch, hyponnen, f-secure, worm, hack
Unpatched Flaw In Microsoft Word Being Exploited

A flaw in the way Microsoft Word 2000 documents are processed could allow an attacker to execute malicious code remotely on vulnerable systems according to a Secunia alert. Exploit code has been identified in the wild and no patch is currently available, so Secunia has rated the Advisory as Extremely...

Posted to The Edge by tonybradley on Wed, Sep 6 2006
Filed under: Filed under: internet, windows xp, microsoft, security, flaw, vulnerability, patch, web, word

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