Watch this folks. I talk about this over and over. a/v isn’t enough..it is only a start. Please start with these basics. Please contact ECC on how to minimize your exposure.
Category: Windows 7
As the software landscape changes and so does technology so does my recommendations for clients. The biggest one right now is do you buy windows 7/server 2008 now or wait? ECC is saying to wait unless you absolutely MUST upgrade now. Why? 2012-2013 Windows 8, Server 2012, and Office 2012/2013 are going to be coming out. I would not buy anything srver 2008 related right now(that includes the latest versions of SBS as they are based on 2008 R2). We are three years into the primary support cycles of 2k8 vintage product that means you have two years of primary support for most things 2k8 based. If you are going to go through the expense of a major upgrade then I would wait. If you only are using 2k8 for simple AD and file resource sharing 2k8 is most likely going to be a great bet if you have to upgrade now. If you have further questions feel free to use the contact form at eccmd.com/http://www.emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com/contact-us or call me.
There are increasing reports of issues with this service pack. Despite it not supposedly making any major changes to either OS it seems that may not be the case. if you are an ECC client or just a user watching the ECC feeds i advise NOT installing this update right now.
For those who like to wait for SP1 of anything…MS is about to release Service Pack 1 for Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
Your Money or Your Business — Krebs on Security.
Just read this individuals blog. There’s entry upon entry of businesses getting malware tuned to logging their keystrokes for the purpose of accessing their online bank accounts. Just do a few things and you’ll be ok.
Microsoft has released the fix for the LNK issue. this coming Tuesday is going to be a monster patch day with a total of 37 issues fixed in 14 patches.
Normally I advocate caution in major patches. This hole however is so important that i am going to immediately patch and then workaround any issues this is going to cause. Again on mOnday htis patch gets released. PATCH IMMEDIATLY!!! Read the previous advisories I posted about this here.
Steve Gibson talks about this issue in a very understandable manner. Look at my previous post at the bottom..aka update 3.
Well the vulnerabilities threat profile has expanded:
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001994.html
If the .lnk is inside a document windows will execute the code. Again..i hope this fizzles..if it doesn’t I want folks to be aware.
Well the vulnerabilities threat profile has expanded:http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001994.htmlIf the .lnk is inside a document windows will execute the code. Again..i hope this fizzles..if it doesn’t I want folks to be aware.
http://www.emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com/archives/2421
The podcast software crashed so I was able to make a written update to the post with the help of Arstechnica.com. Go checkout the updated post.