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RSS disableFirefox: Google Chrome Frame poses a security risk to users
News Specifically, Shaver said Chrome Frame can disable IE features and confuse users' understanding of web security matters. Firefox backer Mozilla has joined Microsoft in criticising Google's Chrome Frame. [30 Sep 2009]
Power Availability Requests
White Paper However, in some scenarios, applications or drivers must temporarily disable these power management technologies to perform tasks as the user expects. By default, Windows-based platforms enable device and system power... [16 Sep 2009]
Microsoft issues advisory for IIS flaw
News In a posting on Monday, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) suggested IT administrators "disable anonymous write access to the FTP server to help mitigate the vulnerability" but added that "a proper impact... [02 Sep 2009]
Microsoft IIS 'at risk from FTP flaw'
News In a posting on Monday, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) suggested IT administrators "disable anonymous write access to the FTP server to help mitigate the vulnerability" but added that "a proper impact... [01 Sep 2009]
Apple's Mac OS 'lagging behind Vista on security'
News Apple's Mac OS X security page makes reference to offering sandboxing, Library Randomisation, and Execute Disable, but there are no details. Friday's release of the new version of the Mac OS, dubbed Snow Leopard, could... [27 Aug 2009]
Cisco wireless LAN: At risk from 'skyjack' attack
News To mitigate against any attacks, Cisco customers should disable the OTAP feature and use a separate intrusion detection system that can detect whether someone is snooping on the network, as well as monitor that all... [25 Aug 2009]
Firewire Blocker: A Software Defense Against Firewire-Based Physical Security Attacks on Windows Systems
White Paper In this first proof-of-concept, the FirewireBlocker service is running with SYSTEM privileges in order to be able to enable/disable hardware. This paper presents a software solution to Firewire-based physical security... [15 Aug 2009]
Security: Why Adobe could be the new Microsoft
News And in one case this spring, a zero day hole in Adobe Reader spurred security experts to recommend that users disable JavaScript. If you're a criminal and you want to break into a network, a common attack method is to... [07 Aug 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News During the July Patch Tuesday release the following week, Microsoft still did not have a patch ready and was recommending a manual 'kill bit' method to disable ActiveX, or sending customers to a 'Fix it for me' website. [29 Jul 2009]
Microsoft U-turn: Browser 'ballot' coming to Europe's Windows 7
News PC makers, as they can today, could still install a rival browser and could also disable Internet Explorer, if they choose. In addition, [computer makers] would be able to install competing web browsers, set those as... [27 Jul 2009]
Adobe probes Flash zero day bug after exploit found
News Disable Flash in Adobe Reader 9 on Windows platforms by renaming the following files: "%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\authplay.dll" and "%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\rt3d.dll". Disable... [23 Jul 2009]
Linux flaw bypasses security
News It also uses arbitrary code execution to disable security features such as auditing, Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), AppArmor and Linux Security Module, while making the applications running outside the kernel believe... [21 Jul 2009]
Mozilla unearths critical Firefox 3.5 Just-in-time hole
News A workaround suggested in the blog post is to disable the Firefox 3.5 JIT compiler. On Wednesday, the US Computer Emergency Response Team said users and administrators should completely disable... [16 Jul 2009]
Web Threats: Challenges and Solutions
White Paper Excessive false alarms annoy users to the point that they disable protection or allow the program to execute. This white paper describes Web threats, how they function, and their impacts; it explains why conventional... [30 Jun 2009]
Speed-limiter tech trial coming this summer
News There is also an override switch which will disable the unit entirely. Transport for London has confirmed it will road-test speed-limiting technology within the M25 area - as reported on silicon.com last year. [11 May 2009]
