Well if the security researchers weren't doing this, then we wouldn't be patching so much... wait that aint true, we still have Adobe.... (tongue in cheek)
Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 8:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 200 + Windows applications trivial to exploit bugs Way to make my day....I'd like to disregard this on the basis that I'm moving jobs, but as I'll be doing more or less exactly the same things in my new role, there is truly no escape. :-) On 20 August 2010 13:29, Ziots, Edward <ezi...@lifespan.org> wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/20/windows_code_execution_vuln/ HD Moore: Critical bug in 40 different Windows apps | ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/hd-moore-critical-bug-in-40-different -windows-apps/7188?tag=nl.e589 SecurityFocus: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513190 Let the patching pain begin... looks like its going to be a seriously bumpy ride for the next few months as these are vetted, and patches produced. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org <mailto:email%3aezi...@lifespan.org> Cell:401-639-3505 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
