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More built-in Windows commands for system analysis

2008-05-15 15:19:29 by Ed Skoudis in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Windows command-line tools can be a valuable resource to security professionals charged with the secure configuration of Windows' machines. In this tip, Ed Skoudis defines five more useful Windows commands that can provide new insight into the realm of Windows analysis
 
Tags: windows, windows commands, windows analysis, windows command-line tools, security professionals, valuable resource, secure configuration, skoudis defines, insight
 
 
 
 
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A better DOS than DOS and a better Windows than Windows

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2008-04-17 20:36:34 by HASH0x8b37820 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Windows 3.1 and used it even after Windows 95 came out. I still think it was a superior product to anything that the guys from Redmond put out. Why don't we all run OS/2 today instead of Windows? Good question, I ask myself that all the time. Some say it is because Microsoft used strong arm tactics to persuade ISV's from developing apps for...
 
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A better DOS than DOS and a better Windows than Windows

2008-04-17 21:33:39 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...Windows 3.1 and used it even after Windows 95 came out. I still think it was a superior product to anything that the guys from Redmond put out. Why don't we all run OS/2 today instead of Windows? Good question, I ask myself that all the time. Some say it is because Microsoft used strong arm tactics to persuade ISV's from developing apps for...
 
Tags: windows, joe wilcox miss, joe, real windows, windows market, microsoft, microsoft server products, wilcox, microsoft exchange
 
 
 
 
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Windows Vista vs Windows XP SP2 Vulnerability Report 2007

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2008-05-14 22:50:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report , I have received many questions regarding the current vulnerability record of Windows Vista as compares with Windows XP SP2 This short paper is a compilation of vulnerability data for Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP SP2 for calendar year 2007 and a brief analysis to see if any...
 
Tags: windows vista, microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows, windows, sp2, vulnerabilities, fewer vulnerabilities, short paper, vulnerability report
 
 
 
 
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Windows Log Collection Poll Analysis

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2008-04-02 16:46:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...Windows Event Log Collection and Analysis ") was pretty popular (157 responses) and controversial as well; let's analyze it. The results are here and below as well So, what catches your eye first ? Despite the fact that I was trying hard to list most of the tools that collect Windows logs known to humankind (and certainly, I thought I...
 
Tags: windows, logs, windows event logs, collect windows logs, windows version, remote windows collectors, collect, poll, ignore windows logs
 
 
 
 
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Download: Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report

2008-01-23 16:19:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
Windows Vista shipped to business customers on the last day of November 2006, so the end of November 2007 marks the one year anniversary for supported production use of the product This paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and security updates for the first year of Windows Vista and looks at it in the context of its predecessor, Windows...
 
Tags: windows, windows vista, security vulnerability profile, security, windows administrators significantly, systems red hat, predecessor, development process, process
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Releases Nine Security Updates for Windows, Office

2007-08-14 13:30:25 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution Important: MS07-048Vulnerabilities in Windows Gadgets Could Allow Remote Code Execution Important: MS07-049Vulnerability in Virtual PC and Virtual Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege Critical: MS07-050Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution The only...
 
Tags: remote code execution, windows, critical, include critical vulnerabilities, security, critical vulnerability, microsoft, windows media player, windows gadgets
 
 
 
 
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Windows Live OneCare has a Broken Light

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2008-01-16 04:27:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...Windows Live OneCare Like most security products, this one puts an icon in the taskbar. This one glows green if everything is OK, yellow if there's somthing minor wrong, or red if there's something really wrong. For example, it'll glow red while your firewall is disabled By the way, that's one thing I really like about this product. In...
 
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Encrypting The Windows System Partition With Truecrypt 5.0

2008-02-11 01:00:00 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...Windows System Partition With Truecrypt 5.0 Truecrypt 5.0 adds many new features, most importantly Windows system partition encryption. To put it in slightly inaccurate layman's terms, this means encrypting your entire C: drive. Even if you already write your sensitive data to an encrypted space, files are sometimes squirreled away in...
 
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