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SolarWinds Incident

infotex does not use SolarWinds… We are protecting our Clients! Another blog post meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . To all infotex managed security service Clients: As recently reported by major news outlets there is currently an ongoing attack o...
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Microsoft Discontinues Support For SHA-1

Known to be vulnerable since 2005, the algorithm will be phased out over the next several months… An article review. Things can move slowly in the world of cryptography, and for evidence of that one needs to look no further than SHA-1–the hash algorithm introd...
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Increasing Complexity Threatens Software Stability

As lines of code continue to replace humans and physical devices, quality control is essential…and often overlooked. An article review. Looking back over the last decade or two it is easy to see how computers have changed physically as they shrank in size, spreading...
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When You Accidentally Go Open Source

32 TB of Windows 10-related source code is now available, for better or for worse… An article review. Releasing the source code for a project has been a common practice among some developers for decades now–proponents say allowing any interested parties to view...
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Windows Susceptible to FREAK Attack After All

An article review. Microsoft admits that Internet Explorer is vulnerable to HTTPS hack Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that any Windows computer running any version of Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a FREAK attack. Now the FREAK vulnerability has been around f...
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The American Monkey Trap

Coming Soon to from a Frustrated User Near You . . . An article about how we Americans tolerate ineffective technology in the 21st century! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . The only thing is . . . . he&...
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Google Updates Chrome to Restore Browser After Microsoft Blunder

Google has released updated versions of both the stable and beta versions of its Chrome browser to address an issue that caused Microsoft antivirus products to identify the browser as malware and in some cases, delete the chrome.exe file from users’ computers. Microsof...
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Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Microsoft has released security bulletins for multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Windows Mail, Microsoft Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications. These bulletins are described in the Microsoft Security B...
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McAfee Anti-Virus Causes Endless Boot Loop

According to SANS Internet Storm Center, a recent McAfee anti-virus software update is returning false positives that are causing problems on systems running Windows XP SP3. The problem appears to be that McAfee is flagging the system file svchost.exe as malicious, misidenti...
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Microsoft Releases Security Bulletin MS08-078

Microsoft has released Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078 to address a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This vulnerability is due to an invalid pointer reference in the data binding function. By convincing a user to view a specially crafted document that performs data ...
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