Monthly Archives: November 2014

A lesson here for those who believe it will never happen to me

Below is a lesson on no matter how big you are it could happen to you article is courtesy of the register Sony Pictures is investigating a breach that has seen hackers supposedly steal reams of internal data and splash … Continue reading

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TA14-329A: Regin Malware

Original release date: November 25, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7 Overview On November 24, 2014, Symantec released a report on Regin, a sophisticated backdoor Trojan used to conduct intelligence-gathering campaigns. At this time, the Regin campaign has not … Continue reading

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Alert (TA14-323A) Microsoft Windows Kerberos KDC Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Latest alert from   Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1 Microsoft Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, and Server 2012 R2 Overview A remote escalation of privilege vulnerability exists in implementations of Kerberos Key … Continue reading

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TA14-318A: Microsoft Secure Channel (Schannel) Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6321)

National Cyber Awareness System: TA14-318A: Microsoft Secure Channel (Schannel) Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6321) 11/14/2014 10:32 AM EST   Original release date: November 14, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Microsoft Windows … Continue reading

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TA14-318B: Microsoft Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

National Cyber Awareness System: TA14-318B: Microsoft Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 11/14/2014 05:42 PM EST Original release date: November 14, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, RT, and RT 8.1 Microsoft Server 2003, Server … Continue reading

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TA14-317A: Apple iOS “Masque Attack” Technique

National Cyber Awareness System: TA14-317A: Apple iOS “Masque Attack” Technique 11/13/2014 09:17 AM EST Original release date: November 13, 2014 Systems Affected iOS devices running iOS 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1, and 8.1.1 beta. Overview A technique labeled “Masque Attack” allows … Continue reading

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Support For Windows 2003 Server draws to an end

In a release from United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team it was announced that Microsoft would be ending its support for Windows 2003 Server from July 14th 2015. If you haven’t already done so I would suggest  now is the … Continue reading

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Ever Thought why would I change to a Unix/Linux based system ?

The Article below is from 9 to 5 mac and written by Joe Rossignoli, I think it makes interesting reading Mac is often considered to expensive. However it is the only non windows based operating system that runs supported Microsoft Office … Continue reading

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