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, InfoWorld, Tool, Risk, computer
Microsoft fixes eight critical flaws with four patches
News Patch Tuesday's security bulletins affect Microsoft Windows GDI+, Windows Media Player, and Office OneNote. Vulnerabilities include an attacker taking complete control of a system.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Admin User, Bulletin, Flaw, software
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 to issue 11 security patches on Tuesday
News Starting next week, company is expected to also provide an "exploitability index" to help system administrators prioritize the patches.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Security, Microsoft Host Integration Server, software company, critical patch, security bulletin, software
Microsoft fixes 20 flaws with 11 patches
News The security bulletins, four deemed critical, affect Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Host Integration Server.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft Host Integration Server, Bulletin, Flaw, Update, Attacker
VMware patches multiple holes
News Versions of VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server and VMware ESX are affected by numerous vulnerabilities.
Tags: Virtualization, Security, VMware Inc., Server, sensitive information, software, patch management, denial of service, CERT, workstation
VMware patches hypervisor bugs
News The virtualization company has released a new security advisory and patch, and re-released two advisories with new patches, to address security flaws in its software.
Tags: Virtualization, Security, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Server, patch management, buffer-overflow vulnerability, Perl, blog, HTTP
First attacks on DNS flaws reported
News In a mailing-list post, a Linux user reveals what he claimed is evidence of attacks stemming from the critical Domain Name System flaw.
Tags: Security, Network security, Linux, Domain names, Fedora Project, Domain Name, Attack, Flaw, patch management, DNS
DNS exploit code is in the wild
News The urgency to patch clients and servers rises to a fever pitch as code to attack the Internet is released.
Tags: Security, Domain names, Web sites, Network security, Domain Name, consortium, exploit code, patch management, DNS, program manager
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News The British government has said it is engaged in tackling ongoing state-sponsored cyber attacks on U.K. national infrastructure.
Tags: Security, Database, Government, public sector, London, patch management, Connected Corp., Silicon.com, Tokyo, U.K.
