You can get a free PDF copy of the Microsoft Press book Introducing Windows Server 2012 straight from Microsoft. There are 223 pages of insight to the new features in the next generation of Windows Server ready and waiting for the IT Pro. … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
Windows Updates and WSUS hardening to prevent abuse
Tomorrow will be June's Patch Tuesday for Microsoft. Seven security bulletins were posted to address a number of remote code execution critical vulnerabilities and important elevation of privilege vulnerabilities. Even with Patch Tuesday coming tomorrow, Microsoft has already been busy this month releasing two updates to harden Windows Updates and WSUS in response to the Flame … [Read more...]
The Athen’s Affair – the phone switch hacking case of 2004-2005
The Greek wiretapping case from 2004-2005 proves to be a very intriguing tale of not so long ago. The case involved a rootkit being installed on the switches of Greek wireless provider Vodafone Greece with the lead up to the Athens Olympics and well beyond. The incident is beyond technically interesting though, it's a lesson hard-learned on responding to security incidents. The … [Read more...]
Avast auto-sandbox disregards settings
Both Avast! antivirus and CPUsage updated recently and I was hoping the updates would resolve the problem the two were causing each other. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case and I finally got around to look into it more. CPUsage runs in the background with a virtual machine processing data that it is sent. A new process called Shelby.exe was getting caught by Avast's … [Read more...]
Adobe Flash Player 11.3 brings new security features
Adobe released updates to Flash Player yesterday for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android platforms. While addressing a number of vulnerabilities, this version also introduces Flash Player Protected Mode (sandbox) for Windows Firefox users. The Flash Player for Mac OS X includes the background updater and is signed with an Apple Developer ID to ensure compatibility with the new … [Read more...]