According to Microsoft, the flaw leaves users of version 1.0 of the ISA server - which incorporates a firewall, a virtual private network and a web-cache - vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks, which could cause corresponding web servers to crash.
Disregarding denial of service attacks, which are best tackled through concerted action by ISPs, the greatest security problem is simply the inadequate configuration of features that already exist. It insisted a new security solution was deployed...
That attacker could install programs and view, change or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights, Microsoft said. One notes a default setting in Windows Media Player Digital Rights Management could allow a user to open a web page...
Services for Unix includes tools to integrate Windows with Unix and Linux environments, while ISA Server is a firewall and web caching product. The remaining two alerts are of 'moderate' risk and affect Windows Services for Unix, ISA Server and...
At that time, experts thought it could only be used for a denial of service attack that crashed IE. Microsoft on Tuesday provided a fix for a "critical" security flaw in Windows that is being exploited in online attacks against Internet Explorer...
In July, DefectiveByDesign.org organised a petition to persuade U2 frontman and longstanding rights campaigner Bono to sign up to the anti-DRM movement. However, incidents such as last year's Sony rootkit debacle - when people who played certain...