July 2007

OS X Something!

No, I have not RTFA. I do know that having faith that a certain OS is more secure than others is, one day, going to cause . . . problems.

Mpack Intrusion Means Patch Often

Brian Krebs over at the Blog Security Fix has mentioned the availability of the Mpack hackers kit which allows anyone with cash to make serious intrusions into computers and networks. This kit works because folks don't patch all the software on their Windows machines in a timely fashion. If your Windows Operating System is secure but all the software you run is old and unpatched you are vulnerable to this threat. Best Practice? Click on the 'Secunia Software Inspector' icon over in the left column and let Secunia inform you what needs patching. Also sign up for email updates so Secunia can inform you when to re-run the test.