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SP2's data execution protection cracked
News The SP2 measure, known as Data Execution Protection, is intended to prevent would-be attackers from inserting rogue code into a PC's memory and tricking Windows into running the program. However, in a paper published on Friday, Moscow-based...
[January 31, 2005, 8:30]
SP2's data execution protection cracked
Talkback Hey, Billy! A lot of bugs and holes in your Windows and in your head. Our best regards from Russia once again!
[January 31, 2005, 14:51]
Microsoft denies data execution problem
News Last week, Positive reported that the Data Execution Protection tools included in Service Pack 2 -- code intended to prevent would-be attackers from inserting malicious programs into a PC's memory -- opened Windows XP systems up to additional...
[February 2, 2005, 8:50]
Providing Cost-Effective Data Availability and Protection in Distributed Enterprises
White Papers including simplified management, centralized control, policy-driven execution, and prioritization for data protection. Changes in business conditions, corporate objectives, technology infrastructures, and the quality of business applications have...
[January 19, 2009, 10:58]
WebWasher
Downloads It also suppresses the execution of scripts that are executed when Web pages are loaded or closed. WebWasher consists of three functional modules: content filtering, privacy protection, and access control.
[August 17, 2001, 1:53]
FX-602P programmable calculator (UIQ3)
Downloads Factorial, square root, square, decimal Huer, Minute,Second conversion, coordinate transformation, absolute value,removing integer part, removing faction part, percentage, randomnumbers, .Statistical functionsStandard deviation (2kinds), mean, sum...
[December 15, 2008, 6:00]
Internet Explorer 8 to get anti-malware protection
News Using Data Execution Protection (DEP) within Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1, IE8 will scan downloads and block any that it deems dangerous. Perhaps the most anticipated addition is Internet Explorer's (IE's) new anti-malware protection.
[July 3, 2008, 10:44]
Endpoint security software designed against trojans.
Talkback The truth is that if you are only blocking endpoint data extractions and not usage (read-execution) your network is vulnerable to be infected by the simple use of a CD or USB removable drive at any endpoint.
[November 5, 2008, 15:27]
Windows XP SP2 more secure? Not so fast review
Reviews This Data Execution Prevention, or DEP, is currently available only on newer AMD and a handful of Intel's Itanium server chips. For you and me, it's going to take even longer before this final layer of Microsoft data protection trickles down.
[August 17, 2004, 13:55]
Phoenix launches first 'trusted' BIOS
News A cryptographic engine in TrustedCore NB can be used for authenticating digital signatures, protecting the core system software, and the BIOS allows manufacturers to create a protected area for the secure execution of built-in applications, which...
[November 26, 2003, 15:35]
TechNet Webcast: Anti-Malware Technologies in Windows Vista (Level 300)
White Papers The webcast will start with an overview of Microsoft's anti-malware technology strategy and also cover at a high level how the Windows Firewall, Data Execution Protection (DEP), IE protected mode, service hardening and user account control help...
[December 15, 2006, 0:00]
Vista plays hide-and-seek with hackers
News In addition to ASLR, Howard mentioned a buffer overrun detection option in Visual C++; an exception checker in Vista; function pointer obfuscation; and support for NX, or No-Execute, data execution protection that is included in processors.
[June 2, 2006, 9:20]
Mobile industry issues handset-security guidelines
News They outline a series of tools and mechanisms designed to bolster security processes in areas such as secure data storage (for protecting sensitive data) and trusted execution environments (for sandboxing sensitive software).
[May 23, 2008, 8:35]
Benchmarks: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660 review
Reviews Windows XP has supported the XD/NX feature since Service Pack 2 (Microsoft calls it 'Data Execution Prevention', or DEP). There's also improved power management in the shape of Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology (EIST) and protection from malware...
[March 3, 2005, 11:00]
Snort hit by vulnerability
News Reporting the weakness, an ISS report said: "Snort IDS and Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor IDS/IPS [intrusion-detection/prevention system] are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which can result in remote code execution.
[February 21, 2007, 10:50]
Intel updates vPro
News Elsewhere, CPU support for Intel VT (Virtualization Technology) and Intel TXT (Trusted Execution Technology) allows a secure container — called a 'Dynamic Virtual Client' (DVC) — to be created, into which applications and OS images can be streamed.
[September 22, 2008, 17:31]
Linux exploit gets around security barrier
News It also uses arbitrary code execution to disable security features such as auditing, Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), AppArmor and Linux Security Module, while making the applications running outside the kernel believe that SELinux is still...
[July 20, 2009, 15:37]
Arming Linux against hackers
News Access control over process initialisation, inheritance, and program execution First released to the public in January 2001, Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a research project from the NSA that seeks to enhance the open-source Linux kernel: to...
[February 18, 2004, 13:40]
Secunia: CA backup product 'inherently insecure'
News Labelled "highly critical" by Secunia, the flaw could allow remote execution of arbitrary code. ARCserve Backup, a CA data-protection product with in-built antivirus and encryption functionality, had multiple vulnerabilities reported in June 2007...
[January 16, 2008, 11:55]
Chips to fight viruses
News With Execution Protection, data in the buffer can only be read and, therefore, is prevented from doing its dirty work, John Morris, director of marketing at AMD, said in an interview on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
[January 9, 2004, 7:45]
