US-CERT Advises of Critical PDF Vulnerability

This is a technical observation that system administrators would find of particular interest…. if you’re a sysadmin, or, have a system administrator for your small business, they should be aware of this information at the earliest opportunity. On Wednesday October 24, 2007, US-CERT (the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team) issued a technical advisory for Windows [...]

Microsoft Office 2003 SP 3 Released

Microsoft released SP 3 for Office 2003 on September 18; SP 3 has been published to auto-updates from Microsoft and users should begin seeing notifications for update beginning this week. Still have Office 2003? Here’s a run-down on the major benefits: 1. Office Interoperability. SP 3 improves 2003′s interaction with Office 2007 documents and interplay [...]

GAP Breach Exposes PPI of 800,000

A third-party to the retail giant GAP, Inc. lost a laptop containing the personal private information (PPI) of over 800,000 job applicants. The laptop was stollen and the data found on the drive was not encrypted. Said CEO Glenn Murphy: “Gap Inc. deeply regrets this incident occurred. We take our obligation to protect the data [...]