security

Ipod saves Soldier’s Life

Little Quote:

The back of the Ipod.

Photos sent to me by my friend Danny with this caption:

My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.

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Microsoft’s out of cycle patch on ANI problem

Remember my previous post on this subject?

Quote:
“Vulnerability in Windows’ animated cursor (ANI) processing is now in the wild! This new vulnerability is able install Trojan and whatever the hacker choses to do and works on just about every Windows out there. ”

Well, today Microsoft released a out of cycle patch to fix this. Leveled at high, the update is downloaded automatically so every Windows with auto update on is protected.

Critical ZERO-DAY Exploit

Critical ZERO-DAY Exploit now in the wild! UPDATE HERE!

Vulnerability in Windows’ animated cursor (ANI) processing is now in the wild! This new vulnerability is able install Trojan and whatever the hacker choses to do and works on just about every Windows out there.

All fully patched Windows systems are currently vulnerable. Users can get infected by going onto the net and checking emails.

Proof-of-Concept code


An interim patch is available from eEye for use until Microsoft provides an official update!