Month: September 2009
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The SMB2.0 zero-day vuln
The SMB 2.0 vulnerability that was found earlier this month, is set to be covered with a patch soon according to Microsoft. Next Patch-Tuesday is only on Oct 13 so one would hope that it comes before. Especially as there is exploit code out in the wild now, with Stephen Frewer of Harmony Security adding…
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Bind and Nominum
I thought yesterday’s article ( well it actually reads like an advertorial ) on ZDNet UK regarding Bind and Niminum’s new Skye offering, was a joke. Then I realised that no, it wasn’t. But why would the ZDNet author, Toby Wolpe, start with such an inflammatory header? Is he actually looking to be flamed and…
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Virtualisation part 1: OS
I had an interesting question from a business colleague of mine today – please spell out what types of virtualisation are available. It’s good to know that, even though it’s fairly pervasive these days, people can still inquire as to what is the reality. Because running virtualisation for production loads can have a big effect…
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Panda threats of the last 20 years
Panda has just released a study of the most severe threats over the last 20 years. This makes for interesting reading and brings back some memories; however, the most interesting thing about this article ( and other articles on the same topic ) is that nowhere is it mentioned that these are all Microsoft-platform viruses.…
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The Slackware 13.0 Interview
It’s been a while since my last ‘Interview’ with Slackware and we’ve just had the new 13.0 release ( 26th August ), so time to brush up on Slackware as one of the premier distributions in the Linux landscape. I wasn’t quite sure where to start with this article as all the goodness of previous…
