Security UPDATE, June 5, 2002

3. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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4. SECURITY ROUNDUP

NEWS: Will Electronic Eavesdropping Become a M-o-o-t Point?

A group of self-proclaimed civil libertarians have launched an effort to create an OS and a set of applications that prevent computer eavesdropping and data collection. The new open-source OS, dubbed "M-o-o-t," will ship in the form of a single CD-ROM that you can boot on popular PC hardware platforms.
http://www.secadministrator.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=25370

NEWS: Microsoft's Buffer-Overrun Problem: Fact or Fallacy?

You're accustomed to hearing about Microsoft security flaws. However, a recent warning regarding Visual C++ .NET might not have been as straightforward or helpful as it first appeared. Gary McGraw, the chief technology officer (CTO) for Cigital, claimed that the Visual C++ .NET compiler, a part of the Visual Studio .NET suite, contains an improperly implemented feature (known as Buffer Security Checking) that causes a buffer-overrun problem to appear in code written with the tool.
http://www.secadministrator.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=24882

NEWS: Microsoft Patches Critical Exchange Hole

Microsoft has released a patch that corrects what the company calls a "critical" security flaw in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. The flaw lets attackers send a specially formatted message that ties up 100 percent of the server's resources.
http://www.secadministrator.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=25392

FEATURE: New IE Update Blocks IFRAME in Outlook HTML Messages

Microsoft issued a critical update for Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-023 (15 May 2002 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer) that eliminates a longstanding vulnerability in HTML-format messages. The update prevents an <IFRAME> tag from using the Internet Sites security zone, rather than the Restricted Sites zone, to launch a file attached to a message or to open a Web page inside a message.
http://www.secadministrator.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=25269

5. SECURITY TOOLKIT

VIRUS CENTER

Panda Software and the Windows & .NET Magazine Network have teamed to bring you the Center for Virus Control. Visit the site often to remain informed about the latest threats to your system security.
http://www.secadministrator.com/panda

FAQ: How can I recover a deleted dynamic NTFS or FAT32 volume in WinDOWS XP or WINDOWS 2000?

( contributed by John Savill, http://www.windows2000faq.com )

A. When you delete a dynamic volume in Win2K or XP, the OS erases the volume's file-system boot sector (sector 0) and removes the volume entry from the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Disk Management snap-in private region database. However, as part of this process, the OS leaves the rest of the drive intact, including the data. Both FAT32 and NTFS store a backup copy of the boot sector. You can copy this boot sector back to sector 0 and restore the volume as long as you know the original volume size. For detailed step-by-step instructions about how to recover the volume, visit our Win2K FAQ at the URL below.
http://www.windows2000faq.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=25375

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