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Microsoft released two security updates for this month. One affects the Windows kernel; the other impacts Internet Explorer (IE). Both present risks primarily to workstations and Terminal Services hosting end-user applications. The kernel update...
Huge sums of money are being spent on the development of quantum cryptography. But is there a cheaper, simpler way? Dr. Laszlo Kish (associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M) came up with a...
At Microsoft's Security Summit East, held December 14 -15, 2005 in Washington D.C., the company announced that several of its products received Common Criteria (CC) Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ certification. The EAL 4 certifications are...
Microsoft made known a minor problem with Software Update Services 1.0 that might lead to confusion among administrators. When SUS is synchronized after December 12, 2005 then previously approved updates might all become listed as unapproved. The...
Last week, I mentioned ways to change passwords en masse. Hobbit (creator of the hugely popular netcat tool) wrote to remind me that I didn't mention the fact that storing plaintext passwords in scripts carries considerable risk. Obviously, the...
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