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In the News
- Security Researchers Release Proof of Concept Exploit for Microsoft JPEG Flaw - Microsoft Announces New Data Backup Server
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by Paul Thurrott, [email protected]
Security Researchers Release Proof of Concept Exploit for Microsoft JPEG Flaw
Security experts have posted a proof of concept exploit for the recently revealed Microsoft JPEG flaw, which hackers can use as a template for creating electronic attacks. For this reason, I recommend that users of Microsoft software download and install the patch that Microsoft released last week. "A \[proof of concept\] for the Windows XP JPEG \[flaw\] has been published," says a posting to the Full-Disclosure discussion list. "Because of the potential impact, it is anticipated that this exploit will be widely used by worms and other malware within a short period of time." The flaw affects a range of Microsoft software, including Windows XP (but not Service Pack 2--SP2) and various Microsoft Office products. Microsoft announced the JPEG flaw last week, describing it as a critical flaw that hackers can use to trigger remote code executions on compromised machines. The JPEG flaw is particularly dangerous because JPEG is one of the primary graphics formats used on the Web. Simply visiting a Web page could cause a correctly formatted JPEG image to compromise your computer, at least theoretically. Microsoft has published various patches for different Microsoft products to fix this problem. For more information about the Microsoft JPEG flaw and for links to download the patches, visit the Microsoft Web site. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-028.mspx
Microsoft Announces New Data Backup Server
Microsoft announced yesterday that next year the company will add a new product to its stable of server-based offerings--a backup-and-recovery system called Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS). The product, which Microsoft announced at the Storage Decisions 2004 conference in Chicago, is available only in a limited beta version. "Customers are telling us that backing up and recovering their data is labor-intensive and complex," Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Windows Server Division, said. "Exponential growth of business-critical data and new government regulations are increasing the cost and complexity of backup and recovery, forcing companies to rethink their data protection planning. DPS has garnered broad industry support because it will help customers of all sizes shrink their recovery time from hours to minutes and drive down the cost of maintaining storage infrastructures." DPS is a low-cost, disk-based backup-and-recovery solution that works with Windows Server 2003 and gives customers fast recovery features, low-level backups that don't affect performance and save disk space, and a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)-based backup interface that works with tape-based solutions. Microsoft reports that more than 20 storage-industry partners are supporting DPS. DPS will ship in the first half of 2005. At the same time, Microsoft will ship a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 feature pack that administrators can use to more easily manage and configure DPS functionality.
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==== In the News ====
Security Researchers Release Proof of Concept Exploit for Microsoft JPEG Flaw
Microsoft Announces New Data Backup Server
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Free eBook--Preemptive Email Security and Management
==== Events Central ====
New! Best Practices for Systems Management
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