Category Archives: Security

Microsoft, Dell: Please stand closer together (OWN Alert)

Posted: 1:07 pm
August 9, 2006
Security
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Untitled document Dear partners, please stand closer together so I can get you all in the same shot. No, thats not the camera I'm holding. Just wanted to alert you to a few things that have been going on at … Continue reading →

Disable, uninstall neuter & understand WGA

Posted: 11:35 pm
July 30, 2006
Security
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Have your friends been calling you every few days to check if you found a way around WGA or if you got something other than Devilsown ISO key? If you’re getting your product key out of FILE_ID.DIZ or devilsown.nfo then activating new … Continue reading →

Microsoft Re-releases MS06-025 Patch

Posted: 1:59 pm
June 27, 2006
Security
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Microsoft is releasing an update to the patch it provided earlier this month, vulnerability in Routing and Remote Access blah blah (911280) where blah blah means remotely exploitable, patch now.  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS06-025.mspx

Exchange IMF v2 Operations Guide

Posted: 11:48 pm
June 2, 2006
Security
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IMF v2 operations guide is out and packed with 33 pages worth of goodness for you cheap bastards that won’t pay for ExchangeDefender  Joke aside, very decent entry level effort, and if you’ve got nothing to beat away spam, don’t … Continue reading →

To patch a patch

Posted: 9:23 am
June 2, 2006
Security
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Microsoft releases an update to WSUS, Windows Software Update Services. Honey, did you remember to patch the patch machine? Well, the SP is out, RTFM then plow away. As for what is in it, here is an overview from the … Continue reading →

OneCare Live Ships

Posted: 11:31 am
May 31, 2006
Security
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Microsoft ships Windows Live OneCare and you might have a free copy waiting for you. Sometimes beta testing, or pretending to, pays off. Such is the case of Windows Live OneCare, the all-in-one security and safety service from Microsoft integrating the antivirus, … Continue reading →

The Joy of Patching

Posted: 9:02 am
May 10, 2006
Security
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Untitled document Sometimes I find myself living in the future while the problems of the present still flood my desk. Case and point, last nights patch cycle. I have a lot of servers I'm responsible for pretty much everywhere from … Continue reading →

Microsoft Patchday: Exchange Troubles

Posted: 8:15 pm
May 9, 2006
Exchange, Security
1 Comment

Untitled document Second Tuesday of the month and yup, you've got patches to deploy. It's a pretty nasty month in patchville with real products getting exploited instead of the usual IE problems. This month it's Exchange on the chopping block: … Continue reading →

Roadshow: No, WSUS can’t do that

Posted: 9:09 pm
April 27, 2006
IT Culture, Microsoft, Security
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Untitled document As mentioned earlier, I am on the road presenting a part of the security content for Microsoft Technet seminars and meeting partners and professionals all over the state. It is quite exciting and most of all – insightful. … Continue reading →

More Java Problems for APC

Posted: 8:51 am
March 20, 2006
Security
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It seems like problems with APC are going to come back to the masses yet again. Remember last year? Well, it looks like strange things are afoot at the Java ranch again. Patch away. This kind of goes a long … Continue reading →