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Microsoft puts out 4 security patches | |
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| Time: 02:07 EST/07:07 GMT | News Source: Seattle PI | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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Microsoft Corp. released three critical patches yesterday to fix Windows security flaws that could allow an attacker to take over another person's computer. A fourth patch, which the company called "important," fixes a similar vulnerability in versions of the Windows operating system, which runs more than 90 percent of the world's computers. All told, the patches fix a total of 20 vulnerabilities. The patches, released as part of Microsoft's regular monthly update, apply to Windows editions dating back to Windows 98, and also affect server systems going back to Windows NT Server 4.0. | ||
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| #1 By 1868 (141.133.178.234) at 4/14/2004 10:06:23 AM |
| Windows Update is Down. Grrrr. Something like 23 Million active connecitons presently. |
| #2 By 8589 (66.169.175.70) at 4/14/2004 1:27:10 PM |
| Windows Update says there are no updates for my system. I run WinXP SP2 (release 2096) |
| #3 By 1868 (141.133.156.206) at 4/14/2004 9:39:12 PM |
| You have to remember the SP2 is still under development and that patches will not be released for beta software. Sorry to have tell you that. |
| #4 By 9589 (68.17.52.2) at 4/15/2004 12:22:48 AM |
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Meanwhile, on the *nix front: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20040414/tc_washpost/a8995_2004apr13
Hackers infiltrated powerful supercomputers at colleges, universities and research institutions in recent weeks, disrupting one of the nation's largest online research networks for several days and raising concerns among computer security experts that the compromised machines could be used to attack specific Web sites or parts of the Internet.....Hackers also broke into TeraGrid systems at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of San Diego, California... It targeted computers running versions of the Linux (news - web sites) and Solaris operating systems that were vulnerable to several recently discovered software flaws. After posting her findings on Stanford's Web site last week, Bird said, systems administrators at other academic institutions contacted her to report similar intrusions. She would not say how many notices she received or what schools reported attacks. "This incident is definitely giving us an opportunity to reevaluate the maintenance and protection we provide to our Unix (news - web sites) systems," Bird said. "When you're completely focused on widespread attacks on [Microsoft] Windows systems, it's certainly startling." |
| #5 By 12071 (203.185.215.149) at 4/15/2004 4:27:26 AM |
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"All told, the patches fix a total of 20 disclosed vulnerabilities."
Parkker with the weather? And I was hoping for a sunny weekend too! |
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