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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 756 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: critics chuck ms friendly worm plan compost heap comments Discuss  
Out of controlUpdated Microsoft boffins are researching the possible benefits of distributing software patches using the same techniques as computer worms. The mechanism, which security experts have questioned, aims to reduce the load on servers handling content distribution functions including patching.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 756 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn friendly worms spread software fixes comments Discuss  
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13318-friendly-worms-could-spread-software-fixes.htmlBy Tom SimoniteNewScientist.com news service14 February 2008Microsoft researchers are hoping to use "information epidemics" to distribute software patches more efficiently.Milan Vojnovic and colleagues from Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, want to make useful pieces of information such as software updates behave more like computer worms: spreading between computers instead of being downloaded fro read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 751 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: microsoft scrambles quash friendly worm story comments Discuss  
Microsoft is moving to counter some scathing comments regarding a security paper authored by researchers at its Cambridge, England, facility. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 729 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: your friendly password archiver comments Discuss  
We all know that you should back up your data periodically if you don't want to lose it in the case of an incident. This is not as trivial as it used to be. You might have some information stored remotely in online services. Most likely you will have an online email account and may want to have those emails archived on your local backup drive. So I wasn't surprised when I saw an article last week on Jeff Atwood's blog about someone searching for a way to archive emails from Gmail. By the way, any IMAP cli read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 589 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: article friendly sql injection vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
Mr.SQL has reported two vulnerabilities in Article Friendly, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs through your browse read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 556 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: friendly technologies fwdialertechtooldll multiple vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in Friendly Technologies fwDialerTechTool.dll ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information and compromise a user's system.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Ass read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 476 days ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: spamhaus microsoft th spam friendly isp comments Discuss  
Microsoft is rising quickly on a running list of the Top 10 Worst Spam Service ISPs as maintained by spamhaus.org, a group that tracks unsolicited commercial e-mail. The software giant debuted on the list earlier this month at number 9 (one being the worst), and has slid over the past few days down to number 5. Spamhaus says spammers and scam artists are abusing Microsoft's live.com and livefilestore.com properties to redirect visitors to sites that...Please click on the title to continue reading this entr read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 456 days ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: spamhaus microsoft th spam friendly isp comments Discuss  
Microsoft is rising quickly on a running list of the Top 10 Worst Spam Service ISPs as maintained by spamhaus.org, a group that tracks unsolicited commercial e-mail. The software giant debuted on the list earlier this month at number 9 (one being the worst), and has slid over the past few days down to number 5. Spamhaus says spammers and scam artists are abusing Microsoft's live.com and livefilestore.com properties to redirect visitors to sites that peddle fake pharmacy products, porn and Nigerian 419 scam read more »
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