The Problem with Microsoft and Oledb32.dll

Another day, another Microsoft security alert.. This morning, another raft of advisories arrived in my mail from Secunia, this is one; Internet Explorer Data Binding Memory Corruption Vulnerability This rivetting title is like deja-vu.  Time and again we’ve seen this.  This is the fault of a company, Microsoft, that puts form before function, functionality before [...]

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What? Still no Decent Viruses!

This is just a little follow up to and earlier post.  Secunia, in their latest weekly summary to me, state this: VIRUS ALERTS: During the past week Secunia collected 215 virus descriptions from the Antivirus vendors. However, none were deemed MEDIUM risk or higher according to the Secunia assessment scale. ==================================================== 3) This Weeks Top [...]

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Google Security to Crawling Chaos and Morals

Google Security Spotlight: July Virus Attacks My last few posts discussing the recent viral and trojan email spam that I’ve been receiving co-inside neatly with the latest post on the Google Enterprise Blog. email-spam-trojans-hiding-on-websites-as-msnbc-breaking-news-items/ two-examples-of-a-moving-trend-in-wordpress-comment-spam/ However, my experience of warnings and security alerts from Secunia and ESET shows how fluid the virus maker’s “selling” activity [...]

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