At the CanSecWest Security Conference in Vancouver this week, Charlie Miller made headlines by exploiting a Safari vulnerability on a fully patched Mac OS X system with a fully patched Safari web browser in mere seconds to claim the Pwn2Own prize. Ryan...
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...
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,...