Day: January 3, 2011

Microsoft discloses new threats to Windows, IIS, and Outlook Express

In addition to the critical security threats from Microsoft that I covered in last week’s column, the Redmond software giant has also issued a flurry of medium-level security threats that Windows administrators need to be aware of. Details MS04-018, “Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express,” is caused by a failure of Outlook express to properly […]

Microsoft’s blast from the past

A year ago, the author of the MSBlast computer worm taunted Microsoft with a message in the fast-spreading program: “billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!!” Bill Gates and company apparently took up the challenge. On Friday, Microsoft released to PC manufacturers Windows XP Service Pack 2, […]

Vim offers strong file encryption with Blowfish

2010 saw the release of version 7.3 of the Vim text processing editor. Vim was originally written by Brian Moolenaar in 1991. While it has not been around nearly as long as Berkeley vi — the model on which Vim was based — it is a venerable mainstay of many developers’ toolkits. Best Microsoft MCTS […]

Secunia PSI now has Auto Update

I would like to side-step all pretenses about how and why software is flawed. And, instead, focus on what we can do to protect ourselves from the vulnerabilities caused by the flaws. Have you heard: “Make sure your software programs are up to date?” It’s becoming a tired mantra, but alludes to one of the […]

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