Desktop Management Depot:
A SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com podcast
The Desktop Depot podcast series keeps IT admins up to speed with the latest desktop management news and expert advice, including tips on desktop virtualization, security, OS management, desktop migration and more.
April 15th, 2008 by dnielson
The April 2008 install of our “What’s hot in Windows security” podcast focuses on this month’s Microsoft patch release, the potential for new anti-rootkit technology and Windows Vista. Security expert Brien Posey discusses this month’s most critical security vulnerabilities, March’s rare out-of-cycle security patch and the incompatibilities of Vista SP1.
Highlights:
(0:46) Microsoft released five critical patches in April
(2:41) March’s out of cycle set of patches
(4:03) Is more Microsoft anti-rootkit technology coming soon?
(5:20) Continuing incompatibility woes of Windows Vista
Critical patches for IE and Office released [8:18m]:
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Posted in Windows Vista, malware, Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Office, Patches | 1 Comment »
December 13th, 2007 by dnielson
The November installment of our “What’s hot in Windows security” podcast focuses on the 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide, Web browser security issues and buffer overflows in Windows operating systems.
Highlights:
(0:39) Brien Posey’s thoughts on the 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide
(1:53) The threat of search-engine-friendly malware serving Web pages
(3:46) Mozilla Firefox’s most recent security update
What's hot in Windows security? New Microsoft Office Security Guide [7:55m]:
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Posted in malware, Internet Explorer 7, Internet security, Microsoft Office | No Comments »
November 11th, 2007 by dnielson
A dangerous command execution vulnerability leads off the October installment of our “What’s hot in Windows security” podcast. Learn about this Internet security threat, as well as how users were forced to download updates from Microsoft’s Windows Update service, even if they had prohibited such downloads.
Highlights:
(0:33) Serdar Yegulalp’s take on the recent URI vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7
(3:21) The risks of Microsoft automatically downloading updates to the Windows Update service
(5:39) The implications of future “stealth” downloads.
Updating Windows Update; new IE scare [8:17m]:
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Posted in Windows XP, Internet Explorer 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows security vulnerability, Windows Update | 2 Comments »
