Comments on: How to identify vulnerabilities in common software products

By: abigail

abigail — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:15:34 +0000

With the latest release of a wide range of Microsoft Windows based software patches before the holiday season, have there been any addressing the host of binary planting vulnerabilities? I think this a serious security vulnerability which affects some of the more widely used programs on the Microsoft Windows platform. If Microsoft doesn’t address this sooner or later, users might find themselves in a security pickle sooner rather than later.

By: balta graham

balta graham — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:46:38 +0000

I’ll be attending a online and systems security seminar next week (I can’t imagine how they schedule these things so close to the holidays) and noticed that binary planting vulnerabilities to be part of one of the main talks. I guess they must stand to be a real threat to security to be highlighted like that. But thanks for the brief overview, looks like I’ll be ahead of the curb (by a bit) when I get to the seminar.

By: Sue Walsh

Sue Walsh — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:08:05 +0000

Good post! Hackers get sneakier every day. There’s a new wave of plug and play spam that may be related to this. It uses Javascript to launch a variety of exploits without the victim having to do much of anything. The messages come with the contact information of a very real, very legit company in the signature line to further trick their victims.