November 2005 - Posts

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:56 AM

The Sygate Personal Firewall will no longer be available effective Nov. 30

http://news.com.com/Symantec%2Bscraps%2BSygate%2Bconsumer%2Bfirewall/2100%2D7350_3%2D5974230.html

“One month after closing the Sygate Technologies takeover, Symantec is cutting the Sygate Personal Firewall products because of overlap with the Norton Personal Firewall.“

 

 

 

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Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:09 PM

Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling

Occasionally, I visit the NIST website and browse through their publications. Today, I found a Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling. I read the guide, and was pretty impressed. It’s a concise and to the point guide, which can be appreciated by techies and managers alike.

 

 Draft NIST Special Publication 800-83, Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:10 PM

Microsoft Security Updates 8NOV05

Nov 8, 2005 Vulnerabilities in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Code Execution (896424): MS05-053

Affected Software: Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server, Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003, Web Edition 		Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 Gold, Windows Server 2003 SP1 Critical
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