The Glider

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat to address flaws that could be exploited to gain control of vulnerable computers…….

Microsoft plans to release two security bulletins on Tuesday, November 11, 2008…….

Apple have released iLIfe support version 8.3.1 which addresses three security issues with the ImageIO component. These addresses issues in Mac OSX releases 10.4.9 through 10.4.11 and can be found on the Apple support site. The following CVE's are covered: CVE-2008-2327 : Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution CVE-2008-2332 : Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution CVE-2008-3608 : Viewing a large maliciously crafted JPEG image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution Apple indicate that if your on Leopard version 10.5.5 this is already fixed, so it would appear that if your not at 10.5.5 you should upgrade for these issues too.

Category: Mac/Apple Issues

Paper Added: November 10, 2008

Research performed by The Measurement Factory uncovered 25 percent of DNS servers still have not been fixed to address the DNS flaw publicized by security researcher Dan Kaminsky and others earlier this year. A separate study found that many companies feel they don't have the resources or the expertise to address the issue.
- New research offers a peak into the state of security of domain name server security – and its not all pleasing to the eye. In an annual study of domain name servers (DNS) connected to the Internet by The Measurement Factory, it was uncovered that roughly one in four DNS servers does not perf...

The recent Web 2.0 summit was more like a boxing match, as CEO's and Presidents made jabs at their competition. Microsoft is planning a quiet patch Tuesday, only announcing 2 security bulletins. This month ties with January for the smallest Patch Tuesday release of 2008. However one of those bulletins is listed as critical. Ashley takes you through both. Advanced Micro Devices has a lot going on right now. Last week the chip maker announced that it will be cutting nearly 3% of its staff. However in the coming weeks, A.M.D. will release a new version of its Opteron server processor, code-named Shanghai. AMD has also joined forces with Red Hat who recently demonstrated new virtualization capabilities that will allow virtual machines to migrate between servers based on Intel processors and systems using AMD's quad-core Opteron processors. Lenovo is facing financial woes as the economy worsens. Additional competition from HP, Dell and Acer also had an impact on Lenovo's bottom line.
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“With the news that Google’s Android shipped with an embarrassing security hole being followed by a simple two-step method to ‘jailbreak’ the OS, you’d think that the company had ironed out most of the remaining bugs – but you’d be wrong. According to ZDnet’s Ed Burnette, the open-source Linux-based smartphone platform…

Category: Management & Leadership

Paper Added: August 19, 2008

Category: Management & Leadership

Paper Added: August 7, 2008

Category: Firewalls & Perimeter Protection

Paper Added: November 5, 2008