Net Security
In the Spotlight | More Topics

	from Tony Bradley, CISSP, your Editor and Guide Welcome back. Last week was the second Tuesday of the month of April- and that means Microsoft Security Bulletins. This month they released four new ones and some of them are sweeping in scope and critical in nature. Make sure you check out the details and apply any patches pertinent to you. Have a great week!
In the Spotlight
Second Tuesday Blues- Four New Bulletins From Microsoft Microsoft released four new security bulletins this month: MS04-011, MS04-012 and MS04-013 are all rated as Critical while MS04-014 is ranked Important. These flaws affect a broad range of Windows components commonly used by most people so you should definitely...read more					More Topics • Threats To Corporate Security • Computer Forensics • Wireless Security • Book Review: How Secure Is Your Wireless Network • Security Certifications • Introduction to Vulnerability Scanning • Book Review: Practical Cryptography
Virus Hoaxes and Spam Chain Letters Users fall victim frequently to virus hoaxes and spam chain letters imploring them to share the information with everyone they know as quickly as possible. Emails of a "sky is falling" nature that claim to be from Bill Gates personally letting you know that there is a new virus ...read more
Is Patch Management a Full-Time Job? If you subscribe to mailing lists such as Bugtraq or Secunia or even just get email alerts from your operating system and application vendors you may have noticed that there is no shortage of vulnerabilities or patches for you to apply to protect yourself. On the second Tuesday of each month Microsoft releases their Security Bulletins and associated patches and the world scrambles to apply them in a race to beat...read more
Featured Offer

Visit Related About GuideSites:
Antivirus Software	Electronic Commerce	Focus on PC Support
Focus on Windows	Wireless / Networking
Search About
More Newsletters: To sign up for more free newsletters on What You Need to Know About your favorite topics, visit: http://talk.about.com You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Net Security newsletter as #EmailAddr#. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, please visit: http://about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=netsecurity&e=#EmailAddr# About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2004 About, Inc.