Tag Archives: security
What is the most vulnerable Windows Application?
Posted on 17. Feb, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
This question would definitively get tons of different answers from different people using all sorts of applications and different versions of each application. However the real answer to this question is something that I really never expected. According to a post I recently read on http://www.techlads.com/2008/12/firefox-most-vulnerable-windows.html and some research performed by a firm with the [...]
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Microsoft: "Don't Use Safari!"
Posted on 28. May, 2008 by Jes Darmanin.
Microsoft has warned Windows users of the dangerous Apple’s Safari for Windows flaw reported on May 15 by security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani. As per Dhanjani, the attack termed as “carpet bombing” exposes a security hole that allows downloading of potentially malicious executables on the victim’s desktop. These malicious executables run automatically as normal Windows executables. [...]
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Best Practices – Internet Safety for 2008
Posted on 08. Jan, 2008 by Jes Darmanin.
I recently found this really helpful blog post by a Microsoft MVP – Harry L. Waldron and I thought i’d post it in here for the benefit of my readers. to view the original post click here. RECOMMENDED SOFTWARE * Anti-Virus (keep it active and updated) * Firewall (bi-direction preferred) * Anti-Spyware * Spam Filter [...]
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Convincing management to spend on security
Posted on 02. Jan, 2008 by Jes Darmanin.
A survey in the US shows that that 55 percent of SMBs spend less than 10 percent of their IT budget of security, 38 percent spent between 11 and 30 percent of the budget on security, while just 2 percent dedicated more than half of the budget on security. Just over half of the respondents [...]
