Patch Management
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Adobe: Time to step up security plate?
Insight From a security perspective, Adobe looks an awful lot like Microsoft did back when Windows was getting blasted by viruses and vulnerabilities and before Redmond beefed up its defenses.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, PC security, Data security, Business applications, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, patch management
Sloppy risk assessment raises Web fear factor
Insight perspective Web security experts must separate actual risk from theoretical risk, says a security researcher.
Tags: Risk Management, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security, IT Manager, Attack, Tool, Risk, computer, InfoWorld
Office, Windows get critical patches
News Software maker releases nine patches in this month's Patch Tuesday, many of them related to ActiveX controls.
Tags: Network security, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Windows, Lumension Security Inc., Vulnerability, remote desktop, computer, Server, critical patch, patch management
Artist formerly known as Patchlink touts whitelists
News Lumension Security, formerly called Patchlink, now has a new focus to go with its new name: whitelisting.
Tags: Security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Data, Conference, Lumension Security Inc., AusCERT, Video, antivirus, patch management
Defend against patch-based exploits, warns Sans
News Automatically generated exploit code from reverse-engineered patches can be countered with centralized configuration management, says the Sans Institute.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Corp., software company, Patch, Environment, Carnegie-Mellon University, software, patch management
Internet security is everyone's business
Blogs About a month ago, a friend of mine revealed that his bank account had been compromised and that an unknown person or pe...
How should you handle software updates?
Techguide Different scenarios--computers in a well-secured enterprise network or those plugged directly into a DSL modem at home--affect how software patching should be handled.
Tags: Security Management, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Corp., Security, Security Patch, Software Update, computer, Chad Perrin, software, patch management
Google grants outsider Chrome-coding privileges
News Although the browser is still largely a Google project, its open-source nature is being highlighted as a University of Warsaw programmer is granted insider status.
Tags: Open source, Web browsers, Web services, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Programmer, computer science, SVN, Computer, software
Microsoft patches critical hole in Windows kernel
News November's Patch Tuesday features fixes for holes in Windows, Excel, and Word, and a critical one affecting the Windows kernel that could be used in drive-by download attacks on Web surfers.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Office, Security, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, Apple Macintosh, antivirus, patch management
Windows 7 critical holes fixed in record Patch Tuesday
News In its biggest Patch Tuesday ever, Redmond stitches up a pair of Windows 7 holes, along with fixing up a number of zero-day flaws elsewhere.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, PC security, Server Message Block, Microsoft IIS Server, Security, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows 7, Server
Apple patches multiple iPhone, QuickTime flaws
News Ten holes in Apple's smartphone operating system and media player software could leave owners open to hacking and phishing attacks.
Tags: Cellular phones, Applications and tools, Apple Inc., Phishing, Apple QuickTime, Web Browser, Flaw, patch management, Apple iPhone, Web Site
Mozilla patches holes in Firefox 3.5, 3.0
News Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 fix three critical vulnerabilities that could make a computer insecure.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Web Page, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, patch management, JavaScript, Web, Web browsers
Microsoft issues critical Windows patches
News Software maker releases five operating-system related updates as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft IIS Server, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows 7, patch management, Microsoft Windows Server, IT administrator, CTO, Qualys Inc., Microsoft Windows
Google patches severe Chrome vulnerabilities
News Maliciously crafted JavaScript and XML could let an attacker take over a person's computer through the stable version of Chrome, Google warns.
Tags: Web browsers, Network security, PC security, Sandbox, Web Browser, Vulnerability, computer, Attacker, patch management, program manager
Apple fixes Bind exploit and Safari bugs
News The company has released fresh security updates just a week after it fixed 18 flaws in Mac OS X.
Tags: Mac OS, Apple Inc., Security, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Server, patch management, Apple Safari, Web Site
