Eight April patches from Microsoft
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| "Many of the vulnerabilities addressed by the fixes could be exploited if a
| Windows user simply visits a malicious Web site, a favorite attack method
| among cybercriminals,” said Marcus.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2213812/eight-april-patches-microsoft
Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (MS08-025)
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1149
Microsoft Windows DNS Client Predictable Transaction ID Vulnerability
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| Moderately critical
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29696/
It makes 'services':
Juniper Networks Protects Customers from New Microsoft Vulnerabilities
Disclosed Today
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| Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR), the leader in high-performance
| networking, today confirmed its Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP)
| security systems and Integrated Security Gateway (ISG) firewall/virtual
| private network (VPN) systems with IDP offer protection for new Microsoft
| vulnerabilities announced today.
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http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/telecom/article/juniper-networks-protects-customers-new-microsoft-vulnerabilities-disclosed_553650_13.html
http://tinyurl.com/5nfodg
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
What spooks Microsoft's chief security advisor
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| Speaking at the Boston SecureWorld conference Wednesday, the 19-year
| Microsoft veteran whose job includes protecting enterprises, developers and
| Microsoft itself said there actually is plenty of good news on the security
| front. For example, his outfit scans a half million devices (with customer
| permission) per month and in the first half of last year saw the first
| period-over-period decline in new vulnerabilities disclosed across Microsoft
| and non-Microsoft software since 2003.
|
| However, 3,400 new vulnerabilities were discovered and “it’s still a big
| number,” Arsenault says. “So if vulnerability rates are down, where are
| they?”
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/032608-microsoft-security-concerns.html
With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest
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| The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on
| the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that
| remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer
| hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/032908-with-vista-breached-linux-unbeaten.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
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