Resources

15 Resources for

server message block

  • Subscribe to this listing via:
  • RSS
  • Email
Microsoft Issues Advisory on Windows 7 Security Bug
Microsoft has released an advisory to help users concerned about a new zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The bug was made public last week after Patch Tuesday.Microsoft released a security advisory to help users mitigate a bug affecting Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Attacker, Advisory
News items 2009-11-16
Windows Security Bug Revealed After Microsoft Patch Tuesday
A security researcher has discovered a bug that could be used to trigger a crash in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2.Less than 24 hours after Microsoft?s Patch Tuesday, a security researcher revealed a zero-day bug affecting Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2.Security researcher Laurent Gaffie...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
News items 2009-11-11
Microsoft to Plug Windows Security Holes on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft is issuing 13 security bulletins next week, eight of them critical. In the batch are two critical Windows security bulletins - one for the zero-day in the Server Message Block protocol and the other for vulnerabilities in the FTP service in Microsoft Internet Information Services.Microsoft plans to release 13...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, bulletin, Microsoft IIS Server
News items 2009-10-08
Microsoft confirms first Windows 7 zero-day bug
Computerworld - Microsoft late on Friday confirmed that an unpatched vulnerability exists in Windows 7, but downplayed the problem, saying most users would be protected from attack by blocking two ports at the firewall. In a security advisory, Microsoft acknowledged that a bug in SMB Server Message Block, a Microsoft-made...
Tags: Attack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Vulnerability
News items 2009-11-14
Windows 7 critical holes fixed in Microsoft's biggest Patch Tuesday
Microsoft released a record number of 13 bulletins for 34 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday and the first critical update for Windows 7, as well as fixes for zero-day flaws involving Server Message Block SMB and Internet Information Services IIS.The most severe of the three SMB flaws, which were first reported...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft IIS Server, Server Message Block
News items 2009-10-13
Windows 7 Security Holes Plugged in Massive Microsoft Patch Tuesday
Microsoft released its biggest Patch Tuesday update ever today, bundling in fixes for 34 vulnerabilities in a baker's dozen of security bulletins. Most of the bulletins dealt with security issues in Windows, including six bulletins impacting Windows 7.Microsoft issued a massive Patch Tuesday update today to address 34 vulnerabilities across...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Vulnerability, Microsoft IIS Server
News items 2009-10-13
Programmer slip-up produces critical bug, Microsoft admits
Computerworld - Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that one of the critical network vulnerabilities it patched earlier in the week was due to a programming error on its part. The flaw, one of 34 patched Tuesday in a massive security update, was in the code for SMB 2 (Server Message Block 2),...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Vulnerability, Bug
News items 2009-10-19
Mega Patch Tuesday coming next week
Microsoft will be going on a mega security update spree next Tuesday, with 13 security bulletins all lined up. What is significant about this update is that a large percentage--eight of them--were rated as "critical," as well as the sheer number of bulletins. To understand the significance here,...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Security Bulletin
News items 2009-10-09
First Windows 7 Exploit Appears To Evade SDL Process
Windows 7 escaped the monthly patching process earlier this week, but it didn't escape the notice of hackers. What some security Relevant Products/Services researchers are calling the first zero-day exploit in Windows 7 has been identified and Microsoft Relevant Products/Services is investigating the issue.Security researcher Laurent Gaffié called Microsoft on...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7
News items 2009-11-13
MS02-070: flaw in server message block signing could enable group policy to be modified. (Microsoft).(Brief Article)
Issue Issue
Tags: group policy, Microsoft Corp., server
Research articles 2003-02-01
Microsoft Security Fix Breaks Record Set In June
This coming Tuesday, the company's four-month-old record will fall: Microsoft's October patch cycle includes 13 bulletins that address 34 vulnerabilities. According to a blog post by Microsoft senior security program manager Jerry Bryant, the patch will resolve two issues described in recent security advisories: a Server Message...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Vulnerability, Server Message Block
News items 2009-10-12
Symantec Urges Windows Users to Patch Systems
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for this week has been the largest ever from the company. 13 security bulletins addressing 34 vulnerabilities were released. 22 of these vulnerabilities were considered critical. Microsoft has never addressed so many in a single month. The previous record, set in June, was only 31.Included in the...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Symantec Corp., Vulnerability
News items 2009-10-14
Access Exchange Server with the Palm Pre (and Get Your Music, Too)
Ah, the soap opera that is the Palm Pre. Shortly after it debuted, I told you five really important  things about the Pre you should know before buying one. One of those things? Flaky Exchange Server support. Well, thankfully, you can now cross that one off the list. ...
Tags: Microsoft Access, Palm Inc., Server, Music, Palm Pre, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-07-27
PDC 2009: Scuttling huge chunks of Vista architecture for a faster Windows 7
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews The reason Windows Vista seemed slow, and somehow, strangely seemed even slower over time, is now abundantly clear to Microsoft's architects: The evolution of computer hardware , particularly the CPU, exceeded anyone's expectations at the time...
Tags: processor, system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista
News items 2009-11-17
Microsoft technology targets Internet anonymity
New anti-hacking concept helps track hackers or malicious content to origin servers Microsoft researchers have unveiled an anti-hacking concept that can help track hackers or malicious content to origin servers. The Host Tracker program's goal is to "de-anonymize the Internet" through the ability to host servers with 99 percent accuracy. Host Tracker is...
Tags: researcher, Microsoft Corp., hacker, Anti-hacking, Anti-hacking Concept, Origin Server
News items 2009-08-21
  • << Previous
  • page 1 of 1
  • Next >>