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Random Thoughts On Security

Posted on November 13, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Random Thoughts On Security

Who thinks its funny that the day after Patch Tuesday, Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 get hit with a zero day exploit that causes them to crash? Its one of those things that the timing seems suspect on. Obviously they knew about the exploit before hand, and had to confirm it before they would…

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Another Zero Day Exploit with SMB

Posted on November 12, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Another Zero Day Exploit with SMB

A new Zero day bug could crash Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. Both new technologies, both have been officially released for less than a month, and to top it off, its related to the SMB protocol. It seems that we have been down this road before. A couple of months ago Microsoft finally patched…

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Patch Tuesday, not just for Windows…

Posted on November 10, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Patch Tuesday, not just for Windows…

Today is the monthly Patch Tuesday for Windows users. We know to expect it once a month. This month though, its important for Mac users also. Apple has released 58 critical security patches for OS X. It goes to show that even Mac is a vulnerable operating system. Any operating system can be hacked or…

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