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windows bug 69They don’t make malware like they used to.

That’s not a setup for a joke—it’s a fact. As I was researching some recent columns on malware outbreaks for PCs and Macs, I found myself reading old articles about computer security from the beginning of the 21st Century. Some of those articles and the threats they describe seem downright quaint in retrospect, while others were positively prescient.

During my research, I bookmarked a lot of web pages and made copious notes about threats that gave IT professionals ulcers and PC support staffs headaches in their time. And it struck me that the cat-and-mouse game between malware authors and their targets has evolved dramatically during that time.

Take your trip down Memory Lane HERE!

microsoft security-reportWow... nasty little beast. 

In July the Internet Systems Consortium will permanently shut down DNS servers deployed to serve as temporary surrogates for rogue DNS servers shut down as part of Operation Ghost Click, an FBI operation that brought down an Estonian hacker ring last year. If your PC is one of the more than 1 million computers infected that carry DNSChanger you might unknowingly be relying on one of the FBI's temporary servers to access the Internet, and if you don't eliminate DNSChanger from your PC before the FBI pulls the plug on its servers, you'll be left without Internet access. Read on to learn how to discover whether you're infected with DNSChanger, and what you can do to eliminate it from your system. 

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microsoftpatchJust in case you missed the massive MSB's MS rolled this past week. 

Here a roundup of all 46 Microsoft security updates. 

Read them or... not.

software imageDownload, save, share, hell your call...

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on May 08, 2012. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time. 

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windows bug 69Okay, okay, all is well...all is calm...it's patched...AGAIN!

According to Adobe, the Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) program reported the vulnerability on April 25. The patch was pushed out as soon as it was available, a company spokesperson said.

"There are reports that the object confusion vulnerability (CVE-2012-0779) addressed in this update is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks designed to trick the user into clicking on a malicious file delivered in an email message," Wendy Poland, senior program manager on Adobe's Product Security Incident Response Team, explained in a blog post. "The exploit targets Flash Player on Internet Explorer for Windows only."

The vulnerability exists in Flash Player versions 11.2.202.233 and earlier for Windows, Macintosh and Linux systems, as well as versions 11.1.115.7 and earlier for Android 4.x and versions 11.1.111.8 and earlier for Android versions 3.x and 2.x. The company said the plan to include a Google Play link for Android users at some point today so that they can get the update for their devices.

"The patch is of highest urgency as there are attacks in the wild against the vulnerability," opined Wolfgang Kandek, CTO of Qualys.

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