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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:14 PM

Encryption and developers

A newsgroup poster recently stated: I found a freeware dll, md5lib.dll, on the web and am trying to use it in Access 2003. My reply (which has been added to for the purposes of this posting) I would strongly urge using the CryptoAPI as specified by Microsoft...
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Saturday, November 08, 2008 1:01 PM

Security expert talks Russian gangs, botnets

Security expert talks Russian gangs, botnets A very interesting story about a very low profile Botnet which has been around since 2002. "50 gigabytes of compressed data, searchable in a MySQL database. "
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:39 AM

New type of phishing spam targeting domain owners

I get 300 to 500 spams per day and Mail Washer Pro does a darned good job of removing the crap. This last day or so I've been noticing a new type of spam targeting the owner of my domains. Text is below. The right most two domain chunks, in this case...
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Monday, October 27, 2008 11:39 AM

How to secure your personal data on a removed hard disk drive.

How to secure your personal data on a removed hard disk drive. That works. A bit extreme mind you. I'd also ensure I was upwind.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:14 PM

Investigation confirms proper safeguards were in place for stolen laptop computer

So is employee information in your business encrypted? If not why not? (Note that just employee names isn't that big of a deal as they would mostly be in the phone book anyhow.) Investigation confirms proper safeguards were in place for stolen laptop...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008 3:36 PM

Interesting WPA/WPA2 and docx, zip, etc. files cracking breakthrough

Slash dot reported Elcomsoft Claims WPA/WPA2 Cracking Breakthrough . There are some details there though so if this issue affects your corporate network, ensure you read the details. Note the large number of file formats which it will brute force crack...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:24 PM

Stunningly weak Yahoo password security

I was wondering just how the hacker got into Palin's account so easily. "Rubico claimed the actual intrusion into Palin's account was a relatively easy matter. It began after Rubico read news accounts claiming Palin used gov.palin@yahoo.com...
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Monday, September 01, 2008 9:15 PM

With Software, Till Tampering Is Hard to Find

A very interesting story on till tampering and cash in restaurants. With Software, Till Tampering Is Hard to Find Indeed any cash business. Thanks to Slashdot for the link However that story concentrated on business owners and missed one area of attack...
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Friday, August 22, 2008 8:41 PM

Malicious Thumb Drives

"Please be advised that two USB thumb drives were discovered on the 9th Floor of the Bicentennial Building. One was discovered in the Men's restroom yesterday afternoon. Another was found this morning on a facsimile machine. The drives contain...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:46 PM

MS08-041 : The Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control

MS08-041 fixes a vulnerability in the Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control. It’s an interesting vulnerability so we wanted to go into more detail about platforms at reduced risk and also more about the servicing strategy for this vulnerability...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:12 AM

Vulnerability in the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access

Microsoft Security Advisory (955179) - Vulnerability in the ActiveX Control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access Could Allow Remote Code Execution (I've always wondered how they can come up with a FAQ section on a brand new vulnerability....
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Friday, June 27, 2008 5:49 PM

Stopping SQL Injection in its Tracks

Stopping SQL Injection in its Tracks Highly recommended if you are running ASP or IIS.
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:35 PM

News Flash: Spaces are legal characters in both filenames and passwords!

News Flash: Spaces are legal characters in both filenames and passwords! My comments to that posting: I didn't know spaces were valid in a Windows password until I happened to be watching a Microsoft video a year or three ago. Oh I knew all about...
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Friday, November 16, 2007 1:53 PM

Don't Forget To Lock Your Computer

Don't Forget To Lock Your Computer
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Friday, November 09, 2007 6:43 PM

Access 2000 security patches

Warning: Microsoft Update, which includes Windows and Office Updates, will not locate Office 2000 patches. I was a bit startled recently when I managed to somehow get to an Office Update screen that informed me I was missing a number of Office 2000, and...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:40 PM

MAC address filtering is useless

SMAC is a powerful, yet easy to use MAC Address Changer (Spoofer) for Windows VISTA, 2003, XP, and 2000 systems, regardless of whether the network card manufacturers allow this option or not. A link from Myth vs. reality: Wireless SSIDs which is very...
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Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:18 AM

MSDN: Security Considerations and Guidance for Access 2007

An MSDN article by fellow MVP and author Garry Robinson Security Considerations and Guidance for Access 2007
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