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Microsoft Security Patch Release December 2010 Advance Notification
Posted in: Information Security
Microsoft have released their Advance Notification for their December Security Bulletin release. This month's release is scheduled to be one of Microsoft's biggest, with 17 separate bulletins scheduled for release addressing 40 vulnerabilities.
Two have been rated Critical, Fourteen Important, a....
Posted: 11 December 2010 19:16
Change in the Wind
Posted in: Information Security
After several years of free service, S?nnet Beskerming will be modifying access to various sections of our website and modifying the content of our zero-cost range of products. Rest assured, we will continue to provide an unchanged suite of services to our fee-paying clients, so there will be no re....
Posted: 11 December 2010 19:00
Fifty Percent of Valid Phished Data Happens in First 60 Minutes
Posted in: Information Security
One interesting area of Information Security research is looking at the vulnerability gap between when a threat emerges and when it is countered effectively. With Information Security being such a broad field, determining when a threat has emerged, and when it has been effectively countered is a re....
Posted: 3 December 2010 18:49
Australian Government Lets ISPs Self-Regulate on Cutting Off Infected Systems
Posted in: Information Security
Dealing with the issue of infected computer systems on public networks can be difficult, especially when dealing with systems that you don't own or control. There have been calls in the past for ISPs to take some sort of stance for cutting off Internet access to subscribers whose systems are infect....
Posted: 2 December 2010 11:48
Unsealed Court Documents Look Bad for Dell in Bad Capacitor Case
Posted in: Information Security
PC manufacturing stalwart, Dell, has closed a three year lawsuit regarding their handling of systems that were failing due to faulty capacitors - a serious problem that became widespread around the end of the 1990s, and is continuing to plague electronics manufacturers today.
Dell has been single....
Posted: 21 November 2010 17:29
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