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We hope this small guide can help you quickly setup your SNMP traps out to a remote management host. First thing do ensure that your Nagios box has the snmptrap binary and perhaps all other associated SNMP binaries installed. If you haven’t a good start … “Nagios Send SNMP Traps”
Read MoreIf you get a mail from just about anyone requesting you to update certificates on your computer. D.O.N.T. The mail you get may look like this: On October 16, 2009 server upgrade will take place. Due to this the system may be offline for approximately … “Did someone ask you to update certificates? Well Don’t!”
Read MoreTypically, when you open something through MSWord, Excel through direct download, all components within that document such as internet links, scripts or procedures may be enabled (depending on your security levels). One feature i really like in Office 2010 is the fact that the software … “Office 2010 protects documents from untrusted sources like the internet”
Read MoreThese guys get smarter. To avoid being tagged spam, they send the main content body through word document. So it sailed pass the Hotmail antispam service and right into my inbox. Anyway, just share with you how ridiculously funny this is. To top that, it … “Microsoft Internet Lottery Scam”
Read MoreMicrosoft has added protection against exploits targeting a vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) implementation in mere hours. However, only customers running the Forefront TMG Network Inspection System can breathe easy. The Redmond-based company informed that the protection against the Critical zero-day vulnerability in … “Forefront TMG NIS protects against SMB2.0 attacks”
Read MoreThere’s a simple exploit code on SMB2 protocol (implemented in the newer OSes of Microsoft) that can easily remote BSDO a Windows server or client. SRV2.SYS fails to handle malformed SMB headers for the NEGOTIATE PROTOCOL REQUEST functionality. The NEGOTIATE PROTOCOL REQUEST is the first … “Windows SMB2 'SRV2.SYS' Remote Denial of Service Exploit (and screen shots on Windows 2008 SP2)”
Read MoreWe were deploying a solution for our customer, Pizza Hut/KFC Malaysia which deploy pfSense as a VPN gateway and firewall to a little under 300 outlets in Malaysia. Each outlet has a unique “storeID” which is then required to run OpenVPN daemon at the background … “openVPN easyrsa batch em "build-key"”
Read MoreMy colleague Henry asked to scan his USB he suspect a virus is lurking in there. I have both Kaspersky and MSE running in real-time. MSE detects and Kaspersky snoozed!. It was Win32/Vorus.CV And MSE cleans it. I am confident with this product. Since it’s … “Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 BETA vs. Kaspersky 2010”
Read MoreImmunet, a startup by Symantec senior execs take Antivirus to the cloud. Immunet attempts to aggregate the results and “opinions” of threats from people using this service. This means, if Bob gets an infection from Saudi Arabia, Immunet alongside your antivirus will then update everyone … “Immunet – Antivirus Cloud Computing”
Read MoreIt’s interesting how one AV product suppress the other in just a matter of months. Look at the graphs produced by those so called independent testers. A sample here. Its a big war of AV companies out there. My problem is, it’s sickening to know … “My views on free VS. premiere security products.. and Microsoft’s Antivirus?”
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