Morto worm spreads via RDP, brute-forces Administrator accounts
There’s a new worm in town and it’s the first one that spreads by taking advantage of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). “Once a machine gets infected, the …
Windows 7 Inside Out
Windows 7 Inside Out, Deluxe Edition is updated with 300+ new pages of information for working with Windows 7. This comprehensive reference to Windows 7 packs hundreds of …
Freeware Windows registry and system cleaner
Macecraft Software has today launched PowerTools Lite, a freeware version of their professional grade jv16 PowerTools 2011 utility package, to help all Windows PC users easily …
Windows Sysinternals Administrator’s Reference
Get an edge on Windows diagnostics and support – direct from the Sysinternals experts at Microsoft. The Windows Sysinternals tools, available for download from Microsoft …
Microsoft releases 13 security bulletins, fixes 22 vulnerabilities
Today Microsoft released 13 security bulletins, two rated Critical, nine Important and two Moderate. These bulletins address 22 unique vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, …
Microsoft offers $250,000 prize for innovative security technology
Microsoft may not believe in bug bounties, but it’s not adverse to paying for knowledge when it comes to ingenious defensive solutions. The company’s Trustworthy …
Microsoft fixes 22 vulnerabilities
In today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 4 bulletins addressing vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Office. Amol Sarwate, Vulnerability Labs Manager for Qualys, …
Syringe: Windows injection utility
SecureState released Syringe, a general purpose injection utility for the windows platform. It supports injection of DLLs, and shellcode into remote processes as well as …
Solution for Popureb rootkit infection
Bootkits are kernel-mode rootkit variants that hide in the computer’s master boot record (MBR) and are notoriously difficult to spot and, sometimes, to eradicate. …
New books: Windows administration, Cisco firewalls, CCNP security
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Administrator’s Companion This in-depth, one-volume guide has everything readers need to deploy and administer all aspects of Windows …
VM Explorer 3.5 released
VM Explorer is a management tool that eases management, backup and disaster recovery tasks in your VMware ESX environment. Backups can be stored on ESX, Windows, Linux and …
Microsoft investigates the current threat landscape
Microsoft published volume 10 of the its Security Intelligence Report (SIRv10) which provides perspectives on software vulnerabilities, software vulnerability exploits, …