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 | from Tony Bradley, CISSP This past week there were a number of critical vulnerabilities identified, including flaws in Ethereal, clamav and Sophos antivirus among others. Check out the Vulnerability Alerts section for more details. I posted links a handful of articles to help you secure and protect Microsoft Windows and updated te Free Port Scanner listing this week. Check back this week for a synopsis of Internet Explorer 7 now that Microsoft released the Beta edition. |
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| Windows XP Security While Linux and Apple have gained ground in recent years, the prevailing operating system in use, particulary for residential or home use, is still Microsoft Windows. Below are links to a handful of articles you can refer to to help you use your Microsoft Windows operating system more securely...read more |
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| Updated Free Port Scanners The latest update in the Free Tools section is the port scanner software. I removed the link to the Ecora product and fixed the link to the Shields Up! web site. I also added two new port scanner utilities that...read more | |||||||
| Highly Critical Secunia Advisories There were 7 new Highly Critical security advisories published by Secunia on Thursday, July 28 and 4 more on Friday, July 29. A few of them were updates from different vendors to repair their versions or implementations of Ethereal or clamav. One of the Thursday advisories related to a flaw in Sophos antivirus...read more | |||||||
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