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Microsoft releases patches for several GDI vulnerabilities including the new ANI vulnerability

April 04, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

This update is outside Microsoft’s standard security update cycle thus clearly sends a message of the seriousness of these issues. Customer using Windows should do Windows Update and/or read this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-017.mspx where you can find more information about the patches available. This KB article … “Microsoft releases patches for several GDI vulnerabilities including the new ANI vulnerability”

eEye Releases Temporary Patch for Windows .ANI Exploit

April 03, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Microsoft hasn’t released the patch, yet. So, if you are concerned about this exploitation, there’s a temporary patch available from eEYE which can fix the issue until Microsoft releases an official patch. Please test these files before using in production environment. Thie eEye patch should … “eEye Releases Temporary Patch for Windows .ANI Exploit”

Free Web Conferencing Solution

April 03, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

If you’re like me, who do presentations to customers etc and would like to do at the comfort of your office space, then try http://www.vyew.com/. I’ve used it several times thought I’d share it this time around. It is a free (and has a commercial) … “Free Web Conferencing Solution”

Security Companies Have Raised Their ThreatCon/Alertcon..

April 03, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Interesting, ISS Raised It’s threatcon (alertcon, what have you) to 2. This is due to the .ANI exploitation code and trojan out there. Do read the articles i’ve posted for prevention and workarounds. Do take this seriously, alert customers, friends and grandma!

Unleashing ISA’s HTTP Filter Demon

April 02, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Hey if you run ISA Server 2004 or higher, come on, make use of its HTTP filter. You don’t need expensive software to block almost anything that “rides” inside the HTTP protocol without you knowing it. Even HTTPS session can be re-established by ISA so … “Unleashing ISA’s HTTP Filter Demon”

Gmail Paper and Google TiSP – Are these April Fool Jokes?

April 02, 2007December 13, 2018 admin1 Comment

I sprayed coffee out of my nose reading these two new services Google’s offering (well, one actually , TiSP) Apparently, Google is providing free Internet from your toilet, called TiSP (probably stands for Toilet Internet Service Provider) and Gmail Paper which is a service to … “Gmail Paper and Google TiSP – Are these April Fool Jokes?”

Nasty Piece of Code

April 01, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Was doing some reading online and found this little piece of code to remove blogger.com’s top navigation bar (or called navbar). Login to your blog. Go to template, find, Edit HTML. In there, copy and paste these codes between the head and variables section in … “Nasty Piece of Code”

Where Do I Place My ISA and DMZ?

April 01, 2007December 13, 2018 admin2 Comments

With the introduction of Exchange 2007, there’s been a lot of upselling of ISA Server. Don’t get me wrong, ISA 2006 is an awsome firewall, it’s rock solid. So the question now exist, i’ve got my superb Exchange 2007 now in my internal network and … “Where Do I Place My ISA and DMZ?”

Windows .ANI File – Zero Day Exploit

April 01, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

There’s a new exploit of Windows without a patch (yet). The vulnerability is in the .ani file extension used for animated cursors in Windows. The exploit allows attackers to run code and potentially take ownership of your computer. Most antivirus should have already been updated … “Windows .ANI File – Zero Day Exploit”

10 + 1 Best Practises for Implementing an SMTP server

March 30, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

I will share with you some experiences from implementing a good SMTP engine to avoid being spammed, being categorized as spam etc. This article is product independent therefore if you run Exchange, Windows SMTP, ScanMail, Notes or whatever, this is something good to consider. This … “10 + 1 Best Practises for Implementing an SMTP server”