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Tag Archives: Exploit Code / Malware
IIS or Apache? Who serves more malware?
June 6, 2007 – 7:05 am
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Google: Server Type Propagating Malware Dependent on Country
From the Google Security blog:
Overall, we see a mix of results. In Germany, for instance, Apache is more likely to be serving malware than Microsoft IIS, compared to the overall distributions of these servers. In Asia, we see the…
Rapid Fix and Deployment - The next big security metric for Microsoft
March 23, 2007 – 7:07 am
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With Microsoft’s increase in patch Quality Assurance and the increase in Vista security, Microsoft customers may now begin to request quicker patch cycles and turnaround time after zero-day vulnerabilities are announced.
Microsoft created Patch Tuesday in response to customer feedback…
FUD: Kaspersky Claims Vista May Be Less Secure Then XP
March 19, 2007 – 7:02 am
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Even if UAC is 100% broken, turned off and never used as per Kaspersky’s claim, Vista’s Memory Address Randomization (here, here) will significantly help prevent exploit code. This in itself is an excellent stride forward in securing the memory of the computer from corruption and…
Blame it on Security: Vista Home Edition Cannot Run in Virtualization Software
February 23, 2007 – 7:15 am
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MSNBC reports Vista Home Edition cannot run in virutalization software due to bluepill rootkit threats:
The least-expensive versions of Vista actually would work in virtualization programs. But Microsoft wants to restrict it because of new security holes spawned by the technology, according to…
Some Insight (Incite?) on the WSJ IT Security Controls Article