Microsoft: December 2005 Archives
Long time readers (and I'd like to thank both of you) know that I really hate Redmond Magazine and what they've done to the old MCP Magazine. Fortunately, I've got a mag that is actually useful. TechNet is published by Microsoft so it doesn't have the annoying anti-Microsoft rhetoric that mars Redmond Mag.
I got the January/February issue this week and its got a "Hey Scripting Guy" article that addresses one of my problems. Creating a script to determine last logon time. Next it has an article by my personal security hero, Jesper Johansson. There is also a NTFS permission article that I haven't read yet that looks interesting.
According to this article at Blink.nu, the MIcrosoft Online Crash Analysis is capable of detecting some worms and viruses. Not only that the recommended account is to initiate a scan through Windows Live Safety Center. I think that is pretty sweet.
Microsoft's December patches are out. One Internet Explorer patch rollup and one privilege escalation vulnerability
MS05-054: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (905915)
MS05-055: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (908523)
