Posts tagged windows 7
Microsoft DLL Hijacking Vulnerability
Aug 26th
by David Lingenfelter, Fiberlink Microsoft released this week information about an issue in their OS that has made hundreds of applications that run on Windows vulnerable to attack. Here’s the security advisory from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2269637.mspx The vulnerability basically allows applications to start DLLs that are on remote network shares. A DLL (Dynamic Link Library) is More >
Lucky Number 7?
Mar 23rd
by Clint Adams, Fiberlink Here we go again. Is “7” Microsoft’s lucky number? Maybe “10” is the lucky number (as in 2010). Anyway you look at it, 2010 would appear to be Microsoft’s year and “7” is the theme. A few weeks back, I wrote about the possibility that Windows 7 would go “viral.” Viral More >
Smartphone Tethering – One Device, One Strategy for Mobile Connectivity
Feb 18th
by Clint Adams, Fiberlink Did you know that your Smartphone has exactly the same radio and data capabilities as that $400 data card sitting in the bottom of your bag? Yup, that cool shiny Smartphone you are so attached to and is never more than three feet away from you has all the capabilities and More >
Will Windows 7 Go Viral?
Jan 29th
By Clint Adams, Fiberlink. In a team meeting recently, my boss made a statement that I found very interesting and that triggered some thinking. My boss is your typical C-level executive in a fast-paced technology company and has never been what I would call “tech savvy.” He has no interest in understanding why his Windows More >