Archive for May 18th, 2010

tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/05/18/handling-international-wmi-clients-servers-with-hyper-v.aspx'; If you ever try to run a WMI script / program against Hyper-V on a system that is using a language (or locale) different to your own – you may be surprised to see that a number of the properties are localized.  This can cause problems if you are checking for language... »

Hello all. As we start the week we’re investigating a publicly reported vulnerability in the Windows Canonical Display Driver (cdd.dll) and have released Security Advisory 2028859 to describe our findings. We’re not aware of any current customer impact as a result of the issue. The Canonical Display Driver is used by desktop composition to blend... »

From the “What-were-they-thinking?" departmentSecurity guru Bruce Schneier on his “Schneier on Security” blog noticed this one:Charlapally Central Jail, near the Andhra Pradesh state capital Hyderabad will set up a public-private partnership with... »

The Electronic Freedom Foundation has released a white paper that reveals most Web browsers leave enough information about their configurations on Web servers that they are identifiable.The EFF put up a web site, took data from 470,161 informed partici... »