SANS Internet Storm Center weekend monitor is reporting “WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX control exploit(s) in the wild, (Sat, Sep 30th). Rise and shine. This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild …” (more)
If you must run IE, restrict ActiveX controls to the highest level possible. And use a safer browser, like FireFox or SeaMonkey or Opera [...]
Redhat has posted an interesting “Risk Report” outlining the security experiences with the first year of RedHat Enterprise Linux. A frank discussion of positives and negatives, with some good reminders on basic Best Practices. Worthy of a read.
I've always wanted an excuse to build one of those lunch-box sized PCs. I haven't come up with a good excuse yet, but Ars Technica has some recommendations on the components to build the box, whether you want a Budget Box or a top-of-the-line machine.
IBM joins in the fray by recalling over half a million laptop batteries. PC Magazine covers the story.
“Customers are encouraged to call Lenovo at (800) 426-7378 anytime or log on to Lenovo's battery recall web site to determine if they have an affected battery.”
I don't intend this blog to be a security blog; that's a full time job better served by others. However, you ought to be alert to what's going on out there:
MS “re-released” MS06-049 as version 2.0 (new and improved!) to patch NTFS file compression on Windows 2000 SP4.
The Internet Storm Center is reporting yet another [...]
Slashdot is noting that Microsoft Patches VML Vulnerability. “Microsoft has quietly released an official patch for the zero-day VML vulnerability. The patch was publicly available yesterday, But Microsoft has just added it to the Security Bulletin Index.” Eight days from time of first report to patch is pretty fast for Microsoft, and is almost two [...]
InfoWorld's Off the Record column continues to supply great tales of the software world's mis-steps, like this one:
“Ten years ago, I was the IT manager at a successful software company whose main product was aimed at large insurance companies. It was a DOS app that read records from large data files, did a little processing, [...]
InfoWorld's Off the Record column continues to supply great tales of the software world's mis-steps, like this one:
“Ten years ago, I was the IT manager at a successful software company whose main product was aimed at large insurance companies. It was a DOS app that read records from large data files, did a little processing, [...]
Google sites unavailable in some parts of the U.S..
(InfoWorld) - “Google Inc. users in the U.S. lost access to Google Web sites on Tuesday in a connectivity issue that lit up the blogosphere but whose causes remain unclear… An undetermined number of Google users that connect to the Internet via a specific service provider “experienced [...]
IBM continues its series documenting the knowledge you'll need to pass the Linux Professional Institutes certification exams. This month, they cover a portion of the second exam, LPI 102, “Linux Documentation.”
