Yearly Archives: 2008

  SecuriTeam Blogs » Microsoft Windows RPC Vulnerability MS08-067 (CVE-2008-4250) FAQ – October 2008 SecuriTeam has a post up that clears up a lot of the questions about the emergency patch released on Thursday.  Why you should update, what active worms are exploiting this, and information about files that may […]

I was talking with a friend of mine on Messenger this afternoon, and the comment was made that people don’t like to have to relearn something after having spent the last 3 to 5 years learning it already.  We were referring to the changes between Windows Vista and XP, but […]

  Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch For Windows Vulnerability — Windows Security — InformationWeek Dire warnings or a load of bull? Now, before anyone says anything.  I firmly believe that the dire warnings are probably more accurate.  But, there are people out there who are going to choose between those two […]

If you haven’t done so already, check Windows Update and Microsoft Update for patches.   They released an “Out of band” patch for Windows Server Services, and Windows Defender. This affects all supported versions of Windows, although for Vista and Server 2008, it’s listed as “Important” where it’s “Critical” for Windows […]

The last couple of days I’ve been discussing firewalls and comparisons of firewalls.  But, if you don’t have any idea what a firewall really is, then it’s all Greek to you.  Kind of like how medicine is Greek to me (because I don’t know anything about it).  Hopefully I’ll be […]

There are two main classes of firewalls.  These are Personal and Enterprise.  Typically the Personal classes will consist of software-based firewalls, and the Enterprise class will be hardware-based or part of an Enterprise (or Professional) Security Suite.  The tip that I mentioned in Sunday’s post refers to a Wikipedia article […]

I’m just touching base here, to say that I’m researching other ideas to discuss and working on some online course work.  So, I thought I’d bring that into the mix. I’m currently attending the University of Phoenix Online, working towards my BS in Software Engineering and MS in Network Security […]

Ok, I’ve talked about the three Password Managers that I found off-hand (although there are others).  So now I’m going to give you some tips about what to look for in a password manager, how to create strong passwords, and some ideas for your secret question answers. Password Managers:  What […]

I’ve looked at the other three Password Managers and now I’m on to RoboForm.  I was seriously debating about installing this program, or just writing a review based on their website.  My reasoning for the debate is that RoboForm installs a toolbar into your browser, and I’m trying to avoid […]