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Robert Hensing says Adobe has finally gotten serious about security in Reader by rodtrent

Despite Adobe opening up a hole in the product by supporting playback of FLV and SWF files , Robert does some investigation into the security of the newly released Reader product… http://blogs.technet...
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2008 by rodtrent

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: July 3, 2008 Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: July 8, 2008 This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending...

Adobe adds to Reader’s security problems by releasing a new version by rodtrent

How can Adobe put these two paragraphs together in the same announcement without snickering just a little?  Adobe says the new version is more secure, yet they added support for reading SWF and FLV...
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Did you know? Windows Live has OneCare for Servers? by rodtrent

Windows Live OneCare for Server has all the award winning functionality of Windows Live OneCare, with exciting support for Windows Server environment. Windows Live OneCare for Server is designed with small...

Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Blocked from Deploying Security Updates by rodtrent

Source: MSRC Hi. Bill here. I want to let you know that we have just posted Microsoft Security Advisory 954960 , which contains information regarding deployment Issues with Microsoft Windows Server Update...

Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides released by rodtrent

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline design processes for Microsoft...

Expanded ACS Support: Over 500 ACS OpsMgr 2007 Reports For $2500.00 with a percentage given back to myITforum.com! by rodtrent

Enterprise Certified has just announced expanded functionality AND very aggressive pricing for the eSCOP ACS reporting. Now eSCOP has over 500 ACS configurable reports bundled for $2,500.00. That’s less...
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Microsoft Forefront Client Security PodCast by rodtrent

Listen while you work… http://www.myITforum.com/absolutevc/?v=1035
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Stamp out SQL Injections by rodtrent

Microsoft has released (or co-released) 3 new tools to help eliminate SQL injections: UrlScan version 3.0 Beta, a security tool that restricts the types of HTTP requests that Internet Information Services...

Microsoft Urlscan Filter v3.0 Beta (x86) and (x64) by rodtrent

UrlScan version 3.0 Beta is a security tool that restricts the types of HTTP requests that Internet Information Services (IIS) will process. By blocking specific HTTP requests, UrlScan helps prevent potentially...
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Secure Vantage posts updated ACS Administrators Quick Reference and a new ACS Database Capacity Planning Spreadsheet by rodtrent

The Quick Reference guide has an updated calculation for determining database size calculation: Secure Vantage ACS Administrators Quick Reference   And, here’s the Secure Vantage ACS Database Capacity...

Sunbelt warns of Facebook phishing… by rodtrent

From the Sunbelt blog. There is a phishing attempt going on against Facebook. Recipients may see something like the following: Concerned for your users? Read the rest… http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008...
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First Firefox 3.0 Security Vuln Reported by rodtrent

Code execution vulnerability found in Firefox 3.0
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Running Firefox 2.0 or 3.0 on Vista makes you less secure by rodtrent

Robert Hensing has more to say about the press coverage of FF 3.0. http://blogs.technet.com/robert_hensing/archive/2008/06/18/more-firefox-3-0-entertainment-fail-open-goat-award.aspx

Turning off automatic Phishing in IE makes IE just as fast as Firefox 3.0 by rodtrent

This is interesting.  If I turn off the option to automatically check web sites for Phishing, IE7 is just as fast as Firefox 3.0. So, how does Firefox 3.0 do Phishing checking quicker than IE? ...

Dump Norton… by rodtrent

The Norton Removal Tool uninstalls all Norton 2008/2007/2006/2005/2004/2003 products and Norton 360 from your computer. http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
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The IE versus FF security track record by rodtrent

Robert Hensing posts an interesting piece on his blog, with a take on a recent USAToday article. http://blogs.technet.com/robert_hensing/archive/2008/06/18/usa-today-writes-an-article-about-ff-3-0-hilarity...

Firefox 3.0 more secure? by rodtrent

I use the Send Link option in IE a lot to send links to important content. When I do this in IE, I’m confronted with the following message from Outlook. It tells me that something from the web is trying...
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Forefront Client Security Deployment Tool on CodePlex by rodtrent

Just ran across this and thought I’d share… ================== The Forefront Client Security Deployment Tool is a free toolkit that is meant to provide additional deployment capabilities in addition to...
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Using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to Extend Network Health by rodtrent

Richard Dixon and Michael Kelley have put together a comprehensive technical case study and webcast on using ConfigMgr 2007 to extend network health. Read about it… http://sccmnap.com/blogs/rgotnap/archive...

Microsoft Security Advisory (954474) – affects ConfigMgr 2007 by rodtrent

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Blocked from Deploying Security Updates Microsoft is investigating public reports of a non-security issue that affects environments with System Center Configuration...

84% of Chinese believe the Internet should be controlled and managed by rodtrent

Sounds like China is being run like a corporation or enterprise environment. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/776/china-internet
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Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection (NAP) released by rodtrent

Source: Forefront Client Security Team Blog The Forefront Client Security team is pleased to announce the public availability of the Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection (NAP...

Sunbelt Software offers to eliminate AV by rodtrent

Who wouldn’t love to get rid of bloated, over-bearing, resource hogging AV software from the you-know-who vendors? VIPRE Enterprise is a completely new solution that combines antivirus, antispyware, anti...
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Microsoft releases the Security Compliance Management toolkit for ConfigMgr 2007 by rodtrent

The toolkit provides best practices from Microsoft about how to plan, deploy, monitor, and remediate a security baseline. The toolkit includes 12 Configuration Packs that you can use with the desired configuration...
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Secure Vantage ACS Administrators Quick Reference by rodtrent

Secure Vantage graciously released this quick reference guide to the myITforum.com community. You can download the guide at this link: http://myitforum.com/cs2/files/folders/security/entry118223.aspx What...
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Early Warning: 7 patches from Microsoft for June 2008 by rodtrent

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-jun.mspx?pf=true 3 Critical Bulletin Identifier Bluetooth Bulletin Maximum Severity...

Password Complexity by rodtrent

Jarvis outlines a good article on password complexity and inputs his own thoughts: http://verbalprocessor.com/2008/06/03/password-complexity/   And, then Tim adds to the pot: http://poseidom.wordpress...
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New Elevation PowerToys for Windows Vista by rodtrent

At a Glance: Run as Administrator for third-party scripting tools Run as Another User Prompt Here as System for CMD and Windows PowerShell Drag-and-drop Elevation Gadget Download the code for this article...
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Sign of the times? by rodtrent

According to sources, Shavlik is tripling the prices on renewals for servers.
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