by Alex Eckelberry | May 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Well, it’s a start. PDF and SWF exploits are a major infection vector right now. Getting security updates rapidly and proactively are essential. Vulnerabilities are no longer an opportunity to bash Microsoft. All software vendors (and even more...
by Alex Eckelberry | May 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Has to be Sophos. Because of this. I just wish I’d have thought of it first. Alex Eckelberry
by Alex Eckelberry | May 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
This is so creepy I don’t really know what to say. It’s also a great way to keep lots of security people employed, picking up the phone. But if you happen to know what to say, you can create your own billboard here! Alex Eckelberry(Thanks...
by Alex Eckelberry | May 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
You may have noticed a bit of a different voice here in the blog. Tom Kelchner, our recently-hired research manager, is now guest blogging. Tom has worked for many years in the anti-virus industry, as an Information Security Analyst with ICSA Labs, and then...
by Alex Eckelberry | May 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has rather quietly announced on the Microsoft Software Developer’s Network blog (link here) that the memcpy(), CopyMemory() and RtlCopyMemory() commands will be retired soon in an effort to eliminate the threat of memory overwrites.The blog piece said, “I am...
