But am I here? It’s kind of hard to tell I do a good impression of myself But what’s normal now anyhow? from “Normal” by Porcupine Tree Since the great weirdness last month things are getting pretty much back to normal in Colorado. The Balloon Boy’s parents have fessed up, but not before the Larimer [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
Back to normal in Colorado
Posted: November 16, 2009 in general, securityTags: Balloon Boy, FDCC, Federal Desktop Core Configuration, GPL v2, insurance, marijuana dispensaries, Microsoft, open source, pre-existing condition, reality TV, Westword, Windows 7
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Colorado Weirdness
Posted: October 25, 2009 in general, securityTags: Amazon, Balloon Boy, Bizarro-meter, Broncos, Harry Potter, insurance, marijuana dispensaries, Microsoft, People's Republic of Boulder, pre-existing condition, Windows 7
Strange days have found us Strange days have tracked us down From “Strange Days” by the Doors I spend most of my time in the Peoples Republic of Boulder, so I’m pretty blase about strange stuff. I mean this is a place where a candidate for city council can file a campaign finance report with [...]
Security For All First Birthday: Revisiting Forrester and NAP
Posted: September 6, 2009 in professional, securityTags: BS-O-meter, endpoint security, Forrester, Microsoft, NAC, NAP, Napera, Network Access Control, Network Access Protection
By a fairly large margin the most popular and contentious post in the first year of Security For All [if you discount one entitled Prophecy for 2009 which got tons of hits I suspect by mistake due to the clever title] was the September 24, 2008 post entitled I so want to be a Forrester analyst [...]
Upgrading for better security?
Posted: August 22, 2009 in general, professional, securityTags: Microsoft, upgrade, Windows 7, windows security, Windows XP
We’ve heard an awful lot about how Windows 7 is way more secure than Windows XP and it’s earlier brethren. Actually we heard that about Windows Vista too. Only very few people bothered to upgrade. The operative word here being “bothered”. But that’s another post. The fact is that Windows 7 is much better in [...]
Keeping those apps updated
Posted: April 27, 2009 in general, professional, securityTags: Apple, bloatware, crapware, Microsoft, Microsoft Genuine Advantage Validation Tool, patch, Personal Software Inspector, PSI, Secunia, Security Intelligence Report, update services, Vista
On the heels of Microsoft’s last Security Intelligence Report there have been a number of articles like this one on vnunet.com positing that applications rather than the OS (read Microsoft) are the primary culprits for software vulnerabilities. Research by vulnerability specialist Secunia suggests that third-party applications are increasingly being used by malware writers in preference [...]
Strange week for Microsoft
Posted: April 14, 2009 in general, professional, securityTags: end of support, Microsoft, Security Intelligence Report, Uniloc, Windows XP
Last week was a strange week for Microsoft. In the news anyway. First we have this story in eWeek’s Microsoft Watch. Today, April 8, a jury found that Microsoft infringed on Uniloc patents for product activation. Microsoft uses the technology to protect its software from theft. Who’s stealing from whom? So Microsoft (allegedly) stole their [...]
Energizer Bunny OS
Posted: October 7, 2008 in general, professional, securityTags: Energizer Bunny award, Microsoft, Mojave, Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
The coveted Security for All “Energizer Bunny” award goes to Microsoft Windows XP for it’s ability to just keep going and going… Yep, the rumors of XP’s impending demise, ostensibly to be replaced by the exciting new Windows Mojave er… Vista are still somewhat premature. Undoubtedly to Microsoft’s chagrin. Check out this announcement as reported [...]
I so want to be a Forrester analyst
Posted: September 24, 2008 in professional, securityTags: BS-O-meter, endpoint security, Forrester, Microsoft, NAC, NAP, Napera, Network Access Control, Network Access Protection
Now that would be a totally sweet gig. No experience necessary, no research required. Just collect the swag from vendors. Totally sweet deal – sign me up. Now hang on there, that’s harsh – even for you! Yeah, well what conclusion am I supposed to come to with this report on the state of Network [...]
