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Microsoft promises fix for Office 2008 installation issues

2008-01-25 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b6f380 in Network World on Security
 
A pair of installation-related problems involving the new release of Microsoft's Office 2008 won't cause damage to your data or prevent the productivity suite from running. But the issues, discovered by a user, pose potential security and administrative headaches. Microsoft is vowing fixes for both
 
Tags: microsoft, pose potential security, issues, office, productivity suite, administrative headaches, damage, prevent, fixes
 
 
 
 
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Benevolent Worms

2008-02-19 06:57:11 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Installation is adapted to the host it's running on It's easy to stop an installation in progress, or uninstall the software It's easy to know what has been installed where A successful worm, on the other hand, runs without the consent of the user. It has a small amount of code, and once it starts to spread, it is self-propagating, and will...
 
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Fatal wine waiters

2007-12-20 18:59:04 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...installation has none of the server components enabled, to reduce the attack surface of new machines. Windows Server 2003 includes compatibility modes to allow older applications to run with greater stability becomes Released on April 24, 2003, Windows Server 2003 (which carries the form quantity 5.2) is the follow-up to Windows 2000 Server,...
 
Tags: windows server, server, windows, unlike windows, professional web site, server components, site, ntp server misuse, compatibility
 
 
 
 
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Adware and Spyware Such a Pain

2007-08-01 19:17:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...installation of these spyware in the first place. Some of the techniques that you could use are to disable the automatic installations of programs in your internet browsers and to install pop-up blockers Spyware and adware attaches themselves more frequently on those rather annoying advertising pop-ups. When accessing your email, it is a...
 
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Central Bank of the UAE reports ATM fraud to lenders

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2008-03-03 11:41:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...installation Camera to capture PIN numbers hidden in an innocent looking brochure box Camera is now installed This is only an example. There are more sophisticated skimmers and cameras out there. Diebold has a pretty good whitepaper ATM Fraud and Security Commentary Good commentary from ArabianBusiness.com Skimming attacks normally...
 
Tags: bank card details, card details, bank, bank card, atm, regular card reader, reader, customers, bank customers
 
 
 
 
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Who do you trust?

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2008-02-08 22:04:45 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...installation process and once the server is installed, you can replicate it without having to ever install it again The problem with the above sentence is "someone else". Again, I trust no one else and I definitely don't trust someone I don't know installing a Linux server and publishing it on the internet for me to use But there are many...
 
Tags: virtual disk image, image, virtual disk images, trust, images, internet, anti-virus software inside, server, linux server
 
 
 
 
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Zango's in your Face(book)

2008-01-03 21:23:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...installation programs You may want to temporarily disable these applications during software installation HKEY LOCAL MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun HKEY LOCAL MACHINESOFTWARE HKEY LOCAL MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall HKEY LOCAL MACHINEsoftwareMozilla HKEY CURRENT USERSoftware HKEY LOCAL...
 
Tags: 41996b regopenkeyexa, hkey local, hkey local machinesoftware, zango, software installation programs, software, software installation, user knowingly installs, analysis
 
 
 
 
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Breach at UCSF gets leadership response

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2008-05-31 10:34:08 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...installation of the program requires administrative access to the computer, it is conceivable that the local administrator credentials were compromised. The fact that the news release states "unknown individual" leads me to believe that the account used was potentially a shared account Installation of this program required high-level system...
 
Tags: information security, information, information security leadership, ucsf, breach, system, system security, ucsf patient records, security
 
 
 
 
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center breach through P2P

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2008-06-03 09:14:34 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...installation and configuration of a Peer to Peer (P2P) program. My concerns about this revolve around the ability to install the application and the inability of WRAMC personnel to block and/or detect the network traffic The installation of computer programs on a computer usually require elevated privileges such as administrative access. Are...
 
Tags: information, personal information, walter reed, sensitive information, wramc personnel, wramc, network access control, network access, team wramc
 
 
 
 
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Who do you trust?

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2008-02-08 22:04:45 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...installation process and once the server is installed, you can replicate it without having to ever install it again The problem with the above sentence is "someone else". Again, I trust no one else and I definitely don't trust someone I don't know installing a Linux server and publishing it on the internet for me to use But there are many...
 
Tags: virtual disk image, image, virtual disk images, trust, images, internet, anti-virus software inside, server, linux server