Yearly Archives: 2008

If you’ve scrolled down a bit, you’ve probably noticed something new.  There have been reports of some undersea cables that were cut off the coast of Egypt in the last week or so.  So, I added the “Internet Traffic Report” status display to my sidebar. It shows the trend and […]

This afternoon I was introduced to VirtualBox by Sun Microsystems.  It’s their free Open-Source virtualization software, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Unix (Solaris), or Mac OS.  So, I downloaded a copy of it for Windows and Ubuntu Linux. I tried to run Vista in the Windows version, but for […]

  MS08-067: Not updating has created a monster botnet | Network Administrator | TechRepublic.com For those who are slow in updating, here’s a reason why you need to be more diligent about this.  Especially this specific update.  Why anyone would neglect to update their computers this long escapes me. If […]

  Download Zonealarm 2009 Pro for free on 11/18/2008 – Download Squad The DownloadSquad is reporting that Checkpoint (the owners of Zone Alarm) are going to offer the Pro version tomorrow for free. This will include 1-year of updates for the firewall. I’ve used ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Pro in the […]

Microsoft released two patches today.  One is marked Critical and the other is marked Important.  They are: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-069 – Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955218) And Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-068 – Important Vulnerability in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution […]

Just a reminder that Microsoft will be releasing two bulletins tomorrow.  One looks to affect the XML Core Services that both Windows and Office use.  The other is an issue with Windows, but isn’t clear yet.  So, we’ll have to see tomorrow for sure. I’ll post an entry tomorrow when […]

Since the latest news is about the WPA encryption being cracked, I decided to look into some of the routers which are available to find the ones that support WPA2.  While some routers may not support WPA2, if they support WPA1 with AES instead of TKIP, that would work until […]

  SANS Internet Storm Center; Cooperative Network Security Community – Internet Security – isc If you have a wireless router and wireless card in your computers, you really need to read this post (and any related posts for it).  An unsecured wireless connection is begging for trouble.  Even in a […]

If you haven’t already done so, you really need to update your Adobe Flash Player and especially Adobe Reader.  Adobe released updates for them a few days ago, and as of right now, the Internet Storm Center is reporting that there are malicious pdf files that are taking advantage of […]

Just a quick post to tell you that I’m looking for things to discuss.  I’m debating about more information about the MS08-67 worms, or new malware out today.  I’m also considering discussing Master Data Management and Data management-related topics. Let me know if you have any thoughts about these subjects […]