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05 Dec 2011What happens when third-party patches are ignored
The majority of people I speak with claim they have no means for patching third-party software. As Kelly Jackson Higgins mentions in her recent Dark Reading blog post regarding the rash of Java exploitations, when third-party software goes unmanaged, bad things can happen.It's great that Metasploit has a a module for Java exploitation - something that'll not only benefit me in my security assessments but will also help bring to ...
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26 May 2009
Perfect example of an unknown app becoming a known target
A while back I wrote about a great email server called Icewarp. It wasn't bloatware - it had just what SMBs needed in an email server...Oh, and it wasn't a target for security exploits - an obvious added benefit. But as with anything else, you grow bigger, your app becomes more complex, and you'll no doubt become a bigger target for attacks. As of late Icewarp has grown a lot ...
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15 Jan 2009
I laughed out loud when I saw this
From the recent CVE 2008-5754 alert:Stack-based buffer overflow in BulletProof FTP Client allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .bps file (aka Session-File) with a long second line, possibly a related issue to CVE-2008-5753. Notice anything ironic?Moral of the story: keep your marketing people reigned in....
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03 Nov 2008
Think all the hype over MS08-067 is just that…?
There's been a TON of talk about the latest vulnerability affecting Windows. Message boards have been lighting up with talk about it, vendors are offering webcasts, it's the talk of the security town. In fact, it's so bad that Microsoft is releasing an "out-of-band" patch to fix the problem.So, is it worth the trouble to patch - especially on seemingly critical servers that you can't afford a patch to take ...
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