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Category Archives: Operating Systems and Application Security
New Google Desktop Flaw Discovered
Can we trust to desktop search engines such as Google, Microsoft and similar. I’m afraid but I still don’t want to use it. I tried it and know that they help a lot to organize and search data. Also they … Continue reading
Unlock Access to Your Windows Vista Computer
Russian company Elcomsoft has released the new version of Elcomsoft System Recovery (ESR) that now supports Windows Vista, engineered to be the most secure version of Windows yet. ESR is a boot-disk (actually CD) application that makes it easy to … Continue reading
Once Again About Vista Security
In couple of posts on this blog, I’ve written about dilemmas, different views, challenges and positions related to security of new Microsoft’s operating system Vista. Once again, new article in IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine (January/February 2007 (Vol. 5, No. … Continue reading
Security Features vs. Convenience
Very interesting post on Jim Allchin’s blog about some of the design issues Vista team went through and tradeoffs they made in Windows Vista around DEP, UAC, IE and so on. It’s a long, but worthwhile read. It says: One … Continue reading
Challenge: Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Vista & IE 7.0
If you are a passionate security researcher or hacker and want to earn money by challenge this is chance for you. iDefense Labs announced its quarterly vulnerability challenge with focus on: Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Vista & IE … Continue reading
NSA Helps Microsoft and Apple for Better Security
NSA provided security help for Windows, Mac OS X – read article at Washington post (here), Bruce Schneier’s blog (here) and this waggish site. Also, NSA released a security architecture called SELinux, an optional add-on to the Linux operating system, … Continue reading
Verifiable Operating Systems – Are They Possible?
We witness race between malware creators and anti-malware defense for many years. This game sometimes looks like well organized way to pull as much money as possible from wallets of computer users. Also, situation is similar with security in other … Continue reading
Should I Switch to Vista and Why (Not)?
I had tried Windows Vista for couple of weeks when this operating system was code named Longhorn and delivered to attendants of PDC conference in Los Angeles (October 2003). As I attended PDC 2003, since then I wear T-shirt with … Continue reading
Will Vista Anti-Piracy and Content Protection Efforts Backfire?
According some analysts and researchers, it is very possible that Microsoft’s efforts to crack down piracy will backfire and drive customers toward other operating systems and solutions. IDC have released their top 10 predictions for “Worldwide System Infrastructure Software, 2007”, … Continue reading
One More Microsoft Word Vulnerability
Just 5 days after previous Microsoft Word Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability (post), new vulnerability is discovered. Secunia assigned extremely critical level to this vulnerability. A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to … Continue reading