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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Vista’
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
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Happy Birthday VMS
Posted: October 19, 2008 in general, professional, securityTags: Apple II, Atari, CMD shell, Commodore PET, DCL, DEC, DIGITAL Command Language, Digital Equipment Corporation, fault tolerant, high availability, IBM PC, Linux, mission critical, OpenVMS, PDP-11, Unix, VAX, Virtual Memory System, Vista, VMS, Windows NT, Windows PowerShell, WinFS
I just can’t help myself I’m feeling like I’m going out of my head Uncanny, strange deja vu But I don’t mind “Strange Deja Vu” Dream Theater Micheal Janke at Last In – First Out has this great article entitled “There are some things about computers I really don’t miss…“. It’s a trip down memory [...]
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 [...]
