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August 27, 2010  1:35 PM

Hackers send exploit code to Microsoft



Posted by: Troy Tate
application development, information security, infosec, infosec awareness, malicious software, malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, web application development

Go ahead and report why your system crashed - send Microsoft the exploit code you are working on. As most Windows users know, you can send Microsoft details about what caused a system crash. In some cases hackers respond yes and their exploit code is sent to Microsoft according to a

August 26, 2010  6:08 PM

Online devices, applications and threats grow – predictions for 2013



Posted by: Troy Tate
analysis, application, application development, application management, Cisco, device management, information security, mobile devices, mobility, social networking, threats, trends, vulnerability, vulnerability assessment

The Cisco 2010 Midyear Security Report shows some staggering statistics about the number of online devices, mobile applications and security threats projected to be around in 2013.

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August 24, 2010  8:01 PM

Whak-a-mole testing for Microsoft DLL exploit



Posted by: Troy Tate
application development, DLL, exploit, metasploit, Microsoft, Microsoft DLL, qa testing, vulnerability, vulnerability analysis

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January 25, 2010  6:12 PM

Check this out – 4 Steps for Trimming Patch Management Time



Posted by: Troy Tate
application development, application patches, application testing, maintenance, patch management, patch testing, sla, system maintenance

Hopefully you have heard of and are testing and/or applying the recent Microsoft out-of-cycle patch for the Internet Explorer vulnerability that was exploited and the cause of


July 20, 2009  7:22 PM

Do you manage or develop websites and need to know more about securing them?



Posted by: Troy Tate
application development, application security, cross-site scripting, information security, internet security, OWASP, training, web application development, web security

If you do manage websites, then you should know about the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). This group is working to make web application security issues visible so organizations can make intelligent decisions about...


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