Days like today, I want to take off : GMAIL Down!!

It looks like they are having some troubles with Google MAIL today. This is one of those days I would love to actually go into work to day. If you want to check the status of Gmail You should visit there support page. I have checked it out and it does appear to have a problem with HTML and JAVASCRIPT, but the IMAP functionality seems to work just fine. I have been able to to receive email through IMAP although being kind of slower then normal but It is at least working. SO "DON"T PANIC", the service will be up and running sometime today!!

*Update*

As Of 7:30am EST the service is back up on my network. So like I said no worries. Good Job Google!!

Windows 7 UAC a Security Risk?

I just got done reading a blog post about how you could with an easy to make script disable UAC all together. According to Long Zheng, he states that how a malicious software could circumvent the UAC by turning it off.   I simply love the new look and feel of the UAC and hope they can come up with a way to fix the problem. [ad#ad2-right]According to him there is a way to fix this and keep all the new features set.  He has provided the proof of concept for turning of UAC without having it ask. You can download it yourself and try it out, but be careful it will disable UAC.
I hope Microsoft fixes this little flaw and makes it more secure than Vista.  According to Microsoft though, they claim UAC functionality is "by Design".  I don't know if it is or isn't but I do know that it could easily let more Malware into Windows 7 before it got enough people on board.  That is one of the reasons I don't want Windows 7 Released now.  I don't want this to become a failure in the minds of people.  I want to look back and see this being successful. Hopefully Microsoft fixes this and makes it even more secure in the future.

Some program Vulnebilities Detected!!

Just got done looking at some of my security sites and according to SecuriTeam there are are several programs that have vulnerabilities. here are the Ones that I've found:

Google chrome is vulnerable to URI Obfuscation vulnerability.
An attacker can easily perform malicious redirection by manipulating the browser functionality. The link can not be traversed properly in status address bar.This could facilitate the impersonation of legitimate web sites in order to steal sensitive information from unsuspecting users. The URI specified with @ character with or without NULL character causes the vulnerability.

[ad#ad2-right]iPhone Configuration Web Utility for Windows Directory Traversal
iPhone Configuration Web Utility lets "you easily create, sign and distribute configuration profiles using a web browser". A vulnerability in iPhone Configuration Web Utility allows remote attackers to access files that reside outside the bounding root directory of the program's files folder.

Streamripper Multiple Buffer Overflows
Streamripper "records Shoutcast and Live365 MP3 streams to a hard disk, creating separate files for each track. Runs under Unix and Windows." Secunia Research has discovered some vulnerabilities in Streamripper, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

Amaya URL Bar Stack Overflow Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Amaya browser allows remote attackers to cause it to overflow an internal buffer which in turn can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code.

These are the ones that I found and wanted to let you know about these so you can make your system even more secure.   if I find any others I'll let you know!!!

Microsoft kills a fake antivirus tool from 994,061 computers!

According to Arstechnica and I'll quote:

[ad#ad2-left]Win32/FakeSecSen has gone by various names, including Micro Antivirus 2009, MS Antivirus, Spyware Preventer, Vista Antivirus 2008, Advanced Antivirus, System Antivirus 2008, Ultimate Antivirus 2008, Windows Antivirus, XPert Antivirus, Power Antivirus, and Ultra Antivirus 2009. Furthermore, it is skinnable, so each of these variants has a different GUI, although the basic functionality is the same: bother users with warnings of malware until they pay up.

The Microsoft Malware Protection Center recently released some data on how the removal tool performed this month: FakeSecSen was removed from 994,061 machines. That number isn't the highest Microsoft has recorded before, and the number of removals depends on which malware Microsoft adds each month and how widespread it is.

[via Arstechnica]

This seemed to of happened this month with the usual Windows update.  If you haven't updated your system just yet you should.   This troublesome fake virus seems to have been killed  from several systems.  This could effectively make it harder for these guys who ever designed this program to make money.  I hope microsoft does even more virus removals in next month.  If you still want to try to get rid of these viruses don't forget to check out my tips on Virus removal.