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March 2005
The 240-day window that Microsoft allowed to enable you to get ready for Windows XP SP2 ends April 12, 2005, after which SP2 will be automatically delivered by windows update. April 12 is a Tuesday. Tax returns are due the following Friday. If you have not already updated to SP2, do it at a convenient time before April 12.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2aumng.mspx
Trend Micro has issued an advisory warning of a buffer overflow vulnerability in VSAPI ARJ file parsing in 29 of its virus-scanning products. The flaw could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. Users are being encouraged to update their scan engines to VSAPI 7.510 or higher http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,2533,a=146534,00.asp
Intel will introduce next quarter its first two mainstream desktop multi-core processors, called Pentium D. High end version will be the Pentium Processor Extreme Edition, a 3.2 GHz dual-core processor with an 800 MHz front-side bus and 2MB of L2 cache, split into 1MB for each processor core. The more mainstream performance option will be the Pentium D Processor, which will be similar to the Extreme Edition processor, but will be paired with a different chipset and will not offer the company's Hyperthreading technology. In effect, that means that while the Pentium D will offer two threads to applications, the Hyperthreading on the Extreme Edition will make it look like a four-way system.
Look for Multi-Cpu on a chip processors to become standard in the next couple of years.
Root
kits are basically Trojan horse
programs that run on your network but that you can't find because they "stealth"
or hide themselves. These would typically be installed after your system is
compromised by a virus or spyware, giving someone control. Windows Task Manager,
Windows Explorer, antivirus programs, and other applications can't detect the
presence of these stealthed programs. Root kits hide themselves by modifying the
part of the OS that reports about the running processes. RootkitRevealer is an
advanced root kit detection utility. It detects persistent rootkits.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/rootkitreveal.shtml
For more info see full article in the Visalia
Chamber News or at:
www.toriangroup.com/resources
Tim will be conducting a 2 hour hands on lab on basic security – configuring firewalls and wireless. It is sponsored by the SBDC and Cal Poly Tulare Regional Center, and will be held at the Ag Center on March 30 12-2PM. Lunch will be provided, and it’s free. Space is limited. For more information: www.toriangroup.com/events . Call TG: 733-1940, or SBDC at 625-3051.
Tim Torian
Torian, Group, Inc.