Apr

30

Windows Free version

April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft is looking into releasing a free version of Windows.  The catch?  It comes with commercials and ads. If you can put up with more advertising on your computer and over your Internet connection the next version of Windows you “buy” could be free.

Apr

30

Microsoft USB device helps police collect evidence and cracks passwords

April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.  The device contains 150 commands that can dramatically cut the time it takes to gather digital evidence, which is becoming more important in real-world crime, as well as cybercrime. It [...]

Apr

20

Apple and Windows passwords easily bypassed over Firewire

April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

All of the sudden we’re starting to see more and more attacks take advantage of what’s stored on your computer’s RAM — the latest, from New Zealand’s Adam Boileau, allows an attacker to unlock Windows passwords in a just a few seconds using a Linux machine connected over Firewire.  This attack works while the target computer [...]

Apr

16

Microsoft released a fix for the zero day exploit – apply the patch

April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft fixed the zero day exploit in April’s collection of patches.  Be sure to patch all your machines and don’t become a victim.

Apr

4

Counterfeit CISCO routers – Is your CISCO hardware and IOS genuine?

April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The FBI has reported over $75 million dollars for counterfeit Cisco routers/firewalls/software has been purchased by US companies including the military.  Some of this equipment was found being used in military classified areas with altered IOS code.

Apr

3

ISO/IEC make Microsoft’s Office 2007 file format an industry standard

April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Need a reason to upgrade all of your users to Office 2007?  The Office 2007 file format, Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) document format has just become the standard.  Users of Linux, Apple and Windows will be able to easily exchange documents using Microsoft’s OOXML standard. Microsoft press release