Thursday, June 21, 2007
Does it feel like you're always hearing about software vulnerabilities?
One day it's a news story about a bug in a Microsoft product, then there's a breaking news item about how your instant messenger program can let a bad guy take over your computer, then the next day it's something else.
You're not imagining it, the situation really is bad. There's very little software that can resist all the attacks that clever people are inventing.
In this kind of world I recommend that if you've got a program that talks to the network, and you haven't used it in a while, always check for upgrades or fixes before you use it again. Otherwise there's too much chance that while it was sitting unused someone found and started exploiting a security hole in it.
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You're not imagining it, the situation really is bad. There's very little software that can resist all the attacks that clever people are inventing.
In this kind of world I recommend that if you've got a program that talks to the network, and you haven't used it in a while, always check for upgrades or fixes before you use it again. Otherwise there's too much chance that while it was sitting unused someone found and started exploiting a security hole in it.
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