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Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users?
On January 23, Jeff Jones, Director of Security at Microsoft, published his "One Year Vulnerability Report" for Windows Vista. In the report, he analyzed whether Windows Vista had fewer vulnerabilities in its first year than it's predecessor...
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Thu, Jan 24 2008 6:13 PM
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Using Autoplay on Vista To Stop Attacks
The January issue of TechNet Magazine has an article I wrote about how to hack a system using autoplaying USB flash drives. While it is not possible to stop all attacks from USB tokens, Vista does include some interesting protective measures. However...
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Sun, Dec 23 2007 12:41 PM
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I've Hit F12 For the Last Time
OK, so whose bright idea was it to put the F12 key so close to the Delete key on the keyboard? And whose bright idea was it to map F12 to "Save As..." in every MS Office application? And, whose bright idea was it to default the Save As... option...
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Fri, May 4 2007 2:48 PM
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