June 2006

End of the road for W98 and WinME

June 10, 2006

Microsoft TechNet Vulnerability in Windows Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution (908531) Published: April 11, 2006 | Updated: June 8, 2006 MS will -not- provide patch MS06-015 for W98 and WinME Complete explanation: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-015 ( FAQ section ) Microsoft strongly recommends that customers still using Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second [...]

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification June 2006

June 8, 2006

Microsoft TechNet Updated: June 8, 2006 On 13 June 2006 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates Nine Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Enterprise Scan Tool. Some of these updates will require [...]

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Children & Safe Surfing

June 7, 2006

McAfee Avert Labs Blog Security and Children’s Web Sites Tuesday May 30, 2006 at 3:48 pm CST Posted by Jimmy Kuo Late last year, I was asked in an interview where I thought the arena of online attacks would go. My response was to look at children-friendly sites and games like Neopets, MapleStory, and Runescape. [...]

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Hotbar sold to 180Solutions

June 7, 2006

blog.spywareguide.com Official: 180Solutions and Hotbar Merge Become Zango Posted by Wayne Porter on June 7, 2006 05:09 AM Yesterday we reported on speculation of a marriage between Hotbar and 180Solutions. Today it was announced that 180 Solutions had merged with Hotbar. The new name for the company will be Zango and it would probably be [...]

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Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities

June 2, 2006

Secunia Advisories Secunia Advisory: SA20376 Release Date: 2006-06-02 Critical: Highly critical Impact: Security Bypass Cross Site Scripting System access Where: From remote Solution Status: Vendor Patch Software: Mozilla Firefox 0.x Mozilla Firefox 1.x Description: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site [...]

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