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What telephone is more secure?

On the more absurd side of security debates, new one has emerged: what is more secure - Apple iPhone or Google Android ? Yes, we have yet to see Google's product, but some guys are happy to talk. They happen to be security product vendors and security consultants. For example: Gphone is open source...

Posted to Risque Management (Weblog) by Slav on 11-09-2007
Filed under: Security
You really have to be...

"you really have to be a moron to compare the security verification screen (which avoids messing up the system) with Vista's UAC that avoids you doing "normal" use of the computer. Also, notice that Vista's UAC only has a cancel or allow option, which leads to users clicking without...

Posted to E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" (Weblog) by bradley on 11-09-2007
Filed under: Security
You really have to be...

"you really have to be a moron to compare the security verification screen (which avoids messing up the system) with Vista's UAC that avoids you doing "normal" use of the computer. Also, notice that Vista's UAC only has a cancel or allow option, which leads to users clicking without...

Posted to SBSDiva Mobile (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-09-2007
Filed under: Security
Access 2000 security patches

Warning: Microsoft Update, which includes Windows and Office Updates, will not locate Office 2000 patches. I was a bit startled recently when I managed to somehow get to an Office Update screen that informed me I was missing a number of Office 2000, and thus Access 2000, security patches. Yet I had visited...

Posted to Tonys Microsoft Access Blog (Weblog) by Tony on 11-09-2007
Filed under: Access, Tips, Security
MySpace Hacked, Exploits Target Alicia Keys' Page And Others

" Avoid Alicia Keys' Web page on MySpace. It's been hacked. Roger Thompson, CTO at Exploit Prevention Labs , has found multiple hacked MySpace pages, including the page for Alicia Keys, the social networking site's fourth most popular music artist. " Full story here . I have blocked...

Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 11-09-2007
Filed under: Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2007

There will be two bulletins - one critical (remote code execution) and one important (spoofing) The bulletins will be released on 13 November 2007. An updated Malicious Software Removal Tool will be released, and three non-security, high priority, updates will be released via MU and WSUS. Affected software...

Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 11-09-2007
Filed under: Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits
You've upgraded to IE 7 and now FrontPage won't save your userid and password when publishing to remote servers

The fix that worked for me has two parts: 1. Bring up your remote site in IE 7. Then go to Tools > Internet Options > Security > Trusted Sites > Sites and Add your site to the list. Then Close > Apply > OK. You may need to restart IE 7 for this to take effect. 2. In IE 7, Tools >...

Posted to spiderwebwoman (Weblog) by Kathleen Anderson on 11-08-2007
Filed under: Microsoft, FrontPage, Security, Expression Web, FPSE
Macrovision SECDRV.SYS driver vulnerability KB updated

With reference my article here Knowledgebase article 944653 has been updated with workarounds for the Macrovision secdrv.sys vulnerability. The workaround is to disable the secdrv.sys driver in the system registry Click Start, click Run, type regedit and then click Continue. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...

Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 11-08-2007
Filed under: Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits
Russian Business Network - down but not out

Source: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/11/russian_business_network_down.html This is good news, in that the RBN has been whacked into submission for a short while. It's bad news in that all of us who have blacklisted the known RBN IPs will have to rejigg things once the dust settles...

Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 11-08-2007
Filed under: Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits
MSNBC's Turkish site has been hacked

Quote: " Websense® Security Labs(TM)'s ThreatSeeker(TM) technology has discovered that MSNBC's Turkish site has been compromised. At the time of this writing, the site was infected with malicious code designed to infect the site's visitors through the use of an external JavaScript file...

Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 11-08-2007
Filed under: Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

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