Janet Kaiser on mon 29 nov 04
Just do not get too complacent, Craig! Certainly any
non-MicroSoft system is far LESS likely to be compromised and
everyone using Mac and Linux have traditionally felt safe as
houses, but I am afraid nothing and no one is immune these days.
For example and quite by coincidence, today's newsletter from my
anti-virus people (Grisoft) reports a security hole which can
affect M$ and Linux systems. (See article ** below if you are
interested).
The older and more world-weary I get, the more I think of using a
computer in terms of a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing... Which
is a polite "family friendly" way of putting it! Anything and
anyone can suddenly turn out to be a big baddie in disguise...
The anti-virus guys are the woodsman who will save the day like
the cavalry... Maybe. But that is the very best case scenario. It
does not allow for Murphy sticking his oar in and messing up the
story!
So the moral of the story is, that trust is a fine thing, but
healthy distrust is sensible and may just save the day!
Sincerely
Janet Kaiser -- On another very mild grey day in Wales.
**FW: Windows exposed by Java flaw**
A flaw in Sun's plug-in for running Java on a variety of browsers
and operating systems could allow a virus to spread through
Microsoft Windows and Linux PCs, silicon.com reports.
The vulnerability, found by Finnish security researcher Jouko
Pynnonen in June, was patched last month by Sun, but details were
not made public until Tuesday. Security information provider
Secunia rated the flaw a "highly critical" threat.
The Java plug-in enables small web programs, known as applets, to
run safely on a user's computer. But the security flaw allows a
malicious website accessed through a victim's browser to bypass
those protections.
"It allows execution of attacker-supplied code without user
interaction [apart from viewing a Web page] which usually means a
'critical' classification," stated Pyronnen.
"The same exploit could also be used against various operating
systems and browsers, which makes it more serious," he added.
Read the full story:
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39126099,00.htm
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