Apparently Microsoft saw this as a serious enough flaw that it immediately released a Fix-It for this vulnerability. It dealt with a shell vulnerability which can impact a huge number of critical infrastructure PC's, and was an easy one to implement by hackers. You should also take advantage and patch your own PC as soon as possible. The Fix-It tools are becoming a good way for end-users as well as IT staff to quickly apply patches.

Microsoft Fix-IT For Shell Vulnerability

 

Security Gurus Scream for Microsoft Shell Patch

Just got done reading this article this morning and it got my attention. PC vulnerabilities are increasing exponentially compared to last year. It is only July and we have gotten to 90% of where we were at this time last year. Which means there will most likely be twice as many as last year. 

Many of these vulnerabilities are coming from third party software vendors. The best way to remediate these vulnerabilities for end users is to head over to Secunia and let them scan your PC. It will look at all available software on your system and provide you with links to make sure you have the latest versions, which can go along way in preventing your PC from being hacked. You can also read their report for yourself. Take the time to patch your system!! If you are not comfortable doing this, by all means, we can help ...

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Just got done reading a post on The Register about another of those pesky vulnerabilities on Internet Explorer that glorius browser people still seem to be in love with. I do work for a financial institution and we can say that there are still close to 60% of our visitors are accessing the site with some version of Internet Explorer. I find it not only frustrating to see this, but down right idiotic on the side of end-users. People would be much safer if they chose to at least access their online banking, or did their online shopping with a safer browser such as Firefox, Google Chrome, or even Opera.

What I see as a glaring issue here is that there seems to be no acountability on end users to properly secure their computers. When and if there ever is any accountability placed these issues may become less of a ...

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