Platform: Internet Explorer 6.0
Microsoft Severity: no comment yet
Actual Severity: CRITICAL
Danish security firm Secunia reported last Friday an IE vulnerability that lets phishers trick users into thinking they are securely connected to their financial institution or other commerce site, when in fact they're being spoofed by the phisher to capture the victims user ID and password.... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 12/21/2004 11:22 AM By Mel Beckman
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Platform: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 running Microsoft's integrated firewall
Microsoft Severity: CRITICAL
Actual Severity: CRITICAL
Service Pack 2 has a critical vulnerability which can give the entire Internet access to file and print services that Microsoft's integrated firewall is supposed to protect.... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 12/21/2004 10:57 AM By Mel Beckman
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Platform: All versions of Windows Server
Microsoft Severity: Important
Actual Severity: CRITICAL
Microsoft released a service bulletin yesterday announcing a vulnerability in WINS (UDP port 42) and already network security watchers are seeing apparent attempts to exploit the bug.... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 12/15/2004 2:00 PM By Mel Beckman
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Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking
(Vladimirov, Andrew, et. Al; Addison Wesley, June 2004; ISBN 0-321-20217-1, 592 pages)
There are a lot of WiFi security books out there, but most of them are shallow rehashes of basic security issues without a lot of hands-on depth.... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 12/15/2004 1:17 PM By Mel Beckman
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Environmental monitoring is an important aspect of network administration, but it�s always been kind of pricey to do remotely. Most environmental monitoring platforms cost several hundred to several thousand dollars, support only a few expensive, proprietary sensors, and aren�t readily automated through web interactions. As a result, we network administrators tend to monitor one or two environmental variables � temperature, and perhaps humidity � per data center or rack,... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 12/15/2004 10:46 AM By Mel Beckman
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