The new White House team found out there email systems were down for most of the day on Monday. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mad the announcement of the technical difficulties at his 1:30 p.m. briefing. He apologized for the e-mail silence and blamed it on a Mircrosoft Outlook server. Both incoming and outgoing email were [...]
National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-022A Apple QuickTime Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: January 22, 2009 Source: US-CERT Systems Affected Apple QuickTime 7.5 for Windows and Mac OS X Overview Apple has released QuickTime 7.6 to correct multiple vulnerabilities affecting QuickTime for Mac OS X and Windows. Attackers may be [...]
National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-020A Microsoft Windows Does Not Disable AutoRun Properly Source: US-CERT Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Overview Disabling AutoRun on Microsoft Windows systems can help prevent the spread of malicious code. However, Microsoft’s guidelines for disabling AutoRun are not fully effective, which could be considered a vulnerability. I. Description [...]
Oracle Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Original release date: January 15, 2009 Source: US-CERT Overview Oracle products and components are affected by multiple vulnerabilities. The impacts of these vulnerabilities include remote execution of arbitrary code, information disclosure, and denial of service. I. Description The Oracle Critical Patch Update – January 2009 addresses 41 vulnerabilities in different [...]
Original release date: January 13, 2009 Source: US-CERT Systems Affected Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Vista Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003, and 2008 Overview Microsoft has released updates that address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server. I. Description In their bulletin for January 2009, Microsoft released updates to address vulnerabilities in the Server Message [...]
Microsoft continues to have problems with their Vista opperating system. Consumers complain about the problems that plague the software. The next service package to help fix the problems continues to be delayed. No official release date has been set. Security and privacy issues should be of concern to anyone using a Microsoft based computer to [...]
The Safest Web Browser According to Mozilla, maker of web browsers, their Firefox is the safest web browser. Here is their claim: Firefox keeps your personal info personal and your online interests away from the bad guys. So How Do We Do It? What makes Firefox different? Most importantly, we’re open. That means anyone around [...]
Web browsing has become safer with Chrome, Google.com ’s browser. You can download it for free. It’s lightweight on your computer resources but heavy duty on surfing the web… pages load faster. There is also an awesome feature that is the antithesis of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser — secure browsing. Whereas Microsoft tries [...]
by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team www.us-cert.gov Michael D. Durkota and Will Dormann It can happen to anyone. Considering the vast number of viruses and Trojan horses traversing the Internet at any given moment, it’s amazing it doesn’t happen to everyone. Hindsight may dictate that you could have done a better job of [...]
Federal Trade Commission Are you taking steps to protect personal information? Safeguarding sensitive data in your files and on your computers is just plain good business. After all, if that information falls into the wrong hands, it can lead to fraud or identity theft. A sound data security plan is built on five key principles: [...]
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