privilege

My previous column on the questionable long-term effects of least privilege created a firestorm of controversy and discussion. Personally, I think controversy is good if it gives people on both sides of the argument a chance to reconsider their previous conclusions. If the argument changes your mind, then maybe your original conclusions needed more consideration. And if it strengthens your support, one way or the other, then at least you had an opportunity to reexamine your beliefs and provide yourself eve read more »
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A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.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 * read more »
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Ruben Santamarta has reported a vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.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 read more »
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mu-b has reported some vulnerabilities in DESlock+, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain escalated privileges.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 application read more »
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A security issue has been reported in SplitVT, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.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 browser. No instal read more »
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A security issue has been reported in Net Activity Viewer, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.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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Tobias Klein has reported some vulnerabilities in Panda products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain escalated privileges.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 a read more »
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A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.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 thr read more »
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Tobias Klein has reported a vulnerability in avast! Home/Professional, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.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 read more »
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Red Hat has acknowledged a security issue in the lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.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 read more »
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