March 2007 - Posts

Spam regarding IE7 installation
We got an increase on helpdesk calls in different subsidiaries with regards to a mail that is circulating: The mail claims to be coming from admin@microsoft.com and provides a link to an IE7 (Beta) download site. As always: This is spam and a fake. If Read More...
Posted 30 March 07 09:32 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Windows listed as the most secure OS
I read this article today Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS . Hmm, actually I like the article (obviously) even though there are a few things I do not understand: To me, Microsoft is a company, Windows the OS - but this is not too important Read More...
Posted 22 March 07 09:38 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Your Last Line of Defense
Your last line of defense is: Well, the user. In order to help you to address this, we published a Security Awareness Kit, pretty cool stuff. You can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/understanding/awareness.mspx Roger Read More...
Posted 16 March 07 08:02 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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The Race for the first Vista Vulnerability
It is really interesting to see: At the moment there seems to be a big race to find the first real Windows Vista vulnerability and to go public with it. I know that there are some reports out there claiming that the found THE single biggest issue in Vista. Read More...
Posted 15 March 07 08:45 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Paper on the Root DNS Attacks
You remeber for sure the Root DNS Attacks earlier this year, where a DDoS attacked different root servers. There is a pretty good analysis paper by ICANN published now: http://www.icann.org/announcements/factsheet-dns-attack-08mar07.pdf Gives some insights Read More...
Posted 09 March 07 03:29 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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How Secure is Windows Vista
We launched Windows Vista for Businesses End of November and for the public just a little bit more than one month ago - and now, it started, what had to be expected. The press, the analysts, and the community discuss about the security of Windows Vista, Read More...
Posted 09 March 07 07:15 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Distribution of Trojan Horses
Well, we are discussing about Trojan Horses and targeted Trojans all over the place. There is an excellent video showing how Trojan horses work :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3SfNANtig Roger Read More...
Posted 07 March 07 07:11 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Symantec clears Vista on malware
There is a nice article, where Symantec talks about Windows Vista: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2184521/symantec-clears-vista-malware They quote the Symantec report and then talk to a person from Sophos. Let's look at a few quotes: Graham Cluley, Read More...
Posted 02 March 07 06:37 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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