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August 2006 - Posts

Buy and Tell

Now, this is driving me mad. Not only have we the discussion about Full Disclosure and Responsible Disclosure but now security companies are starting to buy vulnerabilities to go public with them afterwards. Hoiw can you trust a company like this to help Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:08 AM by chsecblo | 3 Comments

THis is not a security bulletin

Once again: Websense received reports about a mail claiming to be from us. This mail is a faked Security Bulletin. Even though the patch you download is pretty similar to the one we released, there is a Trojan horse part of the patch as well: http://www.websense.com/securitylabs/alerts/alert.php?AlertID=228 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:06 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Rumors about a Powerpoint 0day

Well, there is a lot of chatter going on out there regarding claims of "yet another" PowerPoint 0-day. What really annoys me is that some sources claim that Microsoft is back in the good old days, where we have been accused of not saying the truth. People Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:37 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

MS06-042 re-released

During my customer visits in the last few days, I have been often asked about MS06-042. I assume that you all saw that we re-released it today after having to pull it yesterday due to some problems with the installation of the new update. The re-release Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:27 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

IBM to buy ISS

It is not only Microsoft buying security companies, it seems that other have a need there as well. This acquisition is a pretty interesting one and I am looking forward to seeing what IBM is doing with it: http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/08/23/ap2968281.html Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:24 PM by chsecblo | 3 Comments

What happens to the stuff in the Recycle bin?

Forensic Analysis of Microsoft Windows Recycle Bin Records "Contrary to popular belief, when a file is deleted from a computer it is not really deleted. Windows utilizes a repository for deleted files called the Recycle Bin. The existence of the Recycle Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:47 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner goes worldwide

Since this week, our online Safety Scanner is availble for worldwide use. Go and have a test-run: http://safety.live.com Roger Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:47 PM by chsecblo | 3 Comments

Update on MS06-040

You probably read about it: There are poeple out there trying to exploit MS06-040. We warned yesterday about a Proof of Concept code on the web: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/922437.mspx Today, SANS posted that there is virus/bot Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:49 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Microsoft at Blackhat

As you probably know, we participated at Blackhat this year and even showed the new Vista security featrues there. We got quite some press. Here are some links for those who would like to read: Microsoft overhauls Windows security Black Hat Conference Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:51 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

New Windows Vista Security Blog

"Thousands of people from around the world have been hard at work to ensure that Windows Vista is the most secure versions of Windows ever released. From new engineering best practices as part of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) to new data protection Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:34 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments
 
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