Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Microsoft security updates for August 2007
Microsoft security updates for July 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
DHS acknowledges own computer break-ins
More than 800 hacker attacks, virus outbreaks and other problems
WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department, the lead U.S. agency for fighting cyber threats, suffered more than 800 hacker break-ins, virus outbreaks and other computer security problems over two years, senior officials acknowledged to Congress. In one instance, hacker tools for stealing passwords and other files were found on two internal Homeland Security computer systems. The agencys headquarters sought forensic help from the departments own Security Operations Center and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team it operates with Carnegie Mellon University.
In other cases, computer workstations in the Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration were infected with malicious software detected trying to communicate with outsiders; laptops were discovered missing; and agency Web sites suffered break-ins. The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said such problems undermine the governments efforts to encourage companies and private organizations to improve cyber security. What the department is doing on its own networks speaks so loudly that the message is not getting across, Thompson said.
Oversight hearing Congressional investigators, expected to testify Wednesday during an oversight hearing about the departments security lapses, determined that persistent weaknesses threaten the confidentiality, integrity and availability of key DHS information and information systems, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office being released later in June.
The Homeland Security Departments chief information officer, Scott Charbo, assured lawmakers his organization was working to prevent such problems. We need to increase our vigilance to ensure that such incidents do not happen again, Charbo wrote in testimony prepared for Wednesdays hearing. The department takes these incidents very seriously and will work diligently to ensure they do not recur.
The computer problems disclosed to the House Homeland Security subcommittee occurred during fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2006, and occurred at DHS headquarters and many of the departments agencies, including TSA, the Coast Guard, and Federal Emergency Management Agency, Customs and Border Protection and others. The subcommittees chairman, Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., said break-ins to government computer networks and theft of information are one of the most critical issues confronting our nation, and we must deal with this threat immediately. All the problems involved the departments unclassified computer networks, although DHS officials also have acknowledged to lawmakers dozens of incidents they described as classified spillage, in which secret information was improperly transmitted or discussed over nonsecure e-mail systems.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Microsoft security updates for June 2007
- MS07-030 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office and Visio (KB927051)
- MS07-031 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB935840)
- MS07-032 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB931213)
- MS07-033 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (KB933566)
- MS07-034 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB929123)
- MS07-035 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB935839)
More information is available at http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200706.mspx
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Thursday, June 7, 2007
Microsoft security updates for May 2007
- MS07-023 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB934233)
- MS07-024 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB934232)
- MS07-025 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (KB934873)
- MS07-027 - addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (KB931768)
- MS07-028 - addresses a vulnerability in CAPICOM (KB931906)
For more info please visit http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200705.mspx
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Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 Product Overview
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Windows Vista: When Should My Business Upgrade?
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