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2006.08.14 Daily Security Reading

by on Aug.14, 2006, under Security

IRC bot exploits the 5-day old MS-06040 vulnerability
Hopefully everybody followed the advice given less than a week ago. We've just located the first bot exploiting one the remote code execution vulnerabilities patched in last Tuesday's patch set by Microsoft.

PocketPC MMS Code Injection/Execution Vulnerability
Multiple buffer overflows in MMS parsing code, allow denial-of-service and remote code injection/execution via MMS.

SANS Tip of the Day – Use the features of your switches
Chances are that you have very smart switches in your corporate environment, but only use them for a small portion of their capability to do some VLANs.

AutoPatcher for Windows XP/2003/2000 – August 2006 – Full, Lite & Update
AutoPatcher is a comprehensive collection of patches, addons and registry tweaks in an installation package designed for Windows XP/2003/2000 to quickly patch a system with the most current updates and tweaks available, so you can update your system quick and easily and requires no user interaction once you have selected what to install.


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