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DnsJumper (v1.0.3), Changing your DNS – How and why?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In this Article I’m going to talk about DNS, what it is, why it’s there and how you can benefit from changing yours. Also I’m going to tell you about a small but efficient tool that allows you to swap DNS servers on the fly: DnsJumper. Download Link inside the article! NOTE! I am writing this with [...]

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Change Your DNS settings, Windows XP [How To]

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

If you want to improve your Internet Security, you might want to consider changing your DNS settings. If you are concerned with speed and are constantly tweaking your system to squeeze more juice out of your Internet connection, then you should also look to your DNS provider. There are many different providers of DNS (Domain Name Servers) [...]

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IE6 Vulnerable More Than 3/4 Of 2006

tonybradley — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT

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 no patch existed.

Some were fairly serious zero-day exploits that were being actively exploited in the wild while users waited for an update from Microsoft. Others were less serious, but were still left vulnerable, mostly due to the nature of the monthly Security Bulletin and patch release schedule that Microsoft uses. A flaw that is discovered the day after "Patch Tuesday" will most likely remain unpatched for an entire month until the next "Patch Tuesday". By contrast, Krebs found that the Firefox browser was only vulnerable for 9 days, and IE7 was too new to have any substantial data for this year's survey.

The pro-Firefox, Microsoft-bashing crowd will jump all over this. You can see it in the comments on Krebs' article. I fall into the camp that believes that IE is targeted because of its market share as much as the quality of the code. Firefox or Opera may, in fact, be superior from a security standpoint, but neither is impervious and if they had 85% of the web browser market share we wouldn't be so hyper-focused on the weaknesses of Internet Explorer (and neither would the malware authors). Still, it doesn't paint a pretty picture and Microsoft should take notice and seek to rectify the issue for IE7 and for 2007. You can read Krebs' complete article here: Internet Explorer Unsafe for 284 Days in 2006

Unpatched Flaw In Microsoft Word Being Exploited

tonybradley — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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 Critical and advises users not to open any untrusted Microsoft Office files. For more information, you can check out the details of the Advisory here: Secunia Advisories - September 5, 2006.