2006.11.10 Daily Security Reading
by Rodney Campbell on Nov.10, 2006, under Security
Microsoft to release six Windows security updates
Microsoft Corp. will release six groups of security patches next Tuesday. The updates will be released as part of Microsoft’s regularly scheduled monthly patch release, and will fix critical flaws in Windows and the company’s XML (Extensible Markup Language) parser
Windows Vista Security Guide Now Available
This guide provides instructions and recommendations to help strengthen the security of desktop and laptop computers running Windows Vista in a domain with the Active Directory directory service.
Google Accidentally Sends Out Kama Sutra Worm
Google accidentally sent out e-mail containing a mass mailing worm to about 50,000 members of an e-mail discussion list focused on its Google Video Blog, the company said Tuesday.
October was a spammy month. The assumption is this spike in spam levels is a result of a new generation of viruses and zombies that can infect PCs more quickly and are harder to get rid of. In its October report, messaging security vendor MessageLabs says the spike is largely due to two Trojan programs, Warezov and SpamThru. Others say a new breed of spam messages called image spam — messages with text embedded in an image file that evade spam filters, which can’t recognize the words inside the image — is responsible.
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