March 10, 2010
by sjvn01
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When I’m really, really bored at an airport, I’ll start looking around the local Wi-Fi networks with WireShark. This is an outstanding network protocol analyzer. Usually it’s used for checking out what’s really going on in your business network. Of … Continue reading
March 4, 2010
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Honest to God I don’t go around trying to pick on Windows for its security problems, but the hackers keep finding new ways to break into it. And, this time, they’ve found a doozie. Berend-Jan Wever, aka “Skylined,” a Google … Continue reading
March 2, 2010
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My good buddy Preston Gralla would have it that “Windows doesn’t just dominate the desktop, but the server market as well.” Eh… I don’t think so. For proof, Gralla points to the latest IDC (International Data Corporation’) Worldwide Quarterly Server … Continue reading
March 2, 2010
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Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but yet another Internet Explorer security hole has been revealed. Is there no end to the ways that IE can be broken into? It doesn’t look like it! In this latest flaw, … Continue reading
February 19, 2010
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I’m no Windows fan. But, I use Windows 7 every day and I’ve deployed it on several dozen PCs and I’ve never seen Windows 7 misuse memory like Devil Mountain Software’s claims that it does. While it’s doubtlessly true that, … Continue reading
February 19, 2010
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More than a week after Microsoft released an XP patch that seemed to cause BSODs (Blue Screen of Death), Microsoft announced that the immediate cause was the Alureon rootkit. Fair enough, but what about the 17-year old Windows security hole … Continue reading