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Several weeks ago Microsoft announced that a known exploit was going to be impossible to fix in Windows NT. Seems the brains over at Microsoft figured out how to patch NT up and have a fix ready for installation. This update has not made it to the MS Update site yet but it is on there Technet Site. [Microsoft]
Ensure that you only install updates that you can verify are coming directly from the Microsoft support website. Downloading and installing patches and supposed fixes from sites other than Microsoft can be dangerous. There is a patch floating around that has a virus in it that is not a Microsoft release. So like any software you install trust the source.
Surprised? No neither am I, my thoughts are I can't believe my computer hasn't been hacked up to this point considering the number of bugs that Microsoft keeps finding. [Zdnet]
Despite funding issues the organizer of the OpenBSD Hacathon will continue with current plans to host the conference which will be used to help detect and clean up code and security issues. [Wired]
The husband and wife team Ben and Mena Trott the creators of Movable Type have announced there Six Apart Ltd. website that they have successfully negotiated funding and will be launching a new product. "TypePad
My employer makes it very apparent that I am subject to monitoring at all times. It covers the gambit. I knew this when I took the job, does it bother me? Not in the least as it is a condition of my employment and good employees who are doing there job are not worried about such measures. But what if
Microsoft will be rolling out some new software freebies on 22 April get the full list here. [Neowin]