http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/patch/ en-us Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:54:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1983971/posts EDWARDS AFB ­- Space shuttle Endeavour astronauts are going into space wearing a mission patch designed by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center research pilot Mark Pestana. Mission STS-123 will take to the international space station the Japanese Kibo module, which will hold electronic equipment and serve as a storage area for experiment materials. It also carries the Canadian Dextre robot, which will attach to the station's robotic arm and allow astronauts to replace hardware outside the station without doing a spacewalk. Pestana's logo depicts a shuttle with its mechanical arm extending the Kibo module to the station. Behind the shuttle... Valley Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1983971/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:54:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885934/posts August 24, 2007 -- The tennis-prodigy niece of former Knick star Kiki Vandeweghe was stunned when a referee told her to remove her American flag patch just before her debut at the U.S. Open. Coco Vandeweghe, 15, one of the most promising young American women players, was unnerved by the bizarre incident before her first-round qualifying match at the U.S. Tennis Center in Queens on Wednesday. She was warming up for her match against Spain's Maria José Martinez Sanchez when an assistant referee pulled off Coco's Stars and Stripes patch, a U.S. Tennis Association official said yesterday. "They profusely apologized... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885934/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862980/posts BEIJING (Reuters) - China is looking into claims of a herbal weight loss patch which its makers said helped former U.S. President Bill Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, shed 12 kg (26.5 lb) in under a month, state media reported on Monday. Customers are instructed to stick the patch to the area of the body where they want to lose weight and then just wait for the fat to flow out of them... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862980/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:43:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821040/posts On Thursday, Apple issued a megapatch of bug-fixes for its Mac OS X desktop and OS X server systems. The fixes, 25 in all, are itemized in the company's Security Update 2007-004. Apple recommended that all OS X users install the update. It said that the vulnerabilities could lead to a system crash or allow an intruder to run unauthorized software on the computer. The fixes relate to various components and services in the Mac OS X operating system, including the AirPort driver, the Help view and the Installer application. About half of the patches relate to security Relevant Products/Services,... Newsfactor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821040/posts#comment Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1798712/posts Would appreciate for some guidance .. their patches have messed up my Dell Windows XP before. I have the Service Pack 2 installed. Thanks a million! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1798712/posts#comment Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:45:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755105/posts Microsoft quietly posted a Windows XP SP2 patch to make surfing public wireless hotspots safer, but did not include it with the December security updates released Tuesday and has not posted it as a download from Microsoft Update. The update fixes a long-standing security problem in Windows XP SP2, which starts an automatic scan for wireless networks when a laptop boots or powers up from hibernation. Windows' Wi-Fi client goes through a list of previously-used wireless networks, and if it finds one, connects. The convenience, however, is offset by possible "man-in-the-middle" attacks, where criminals monitor hotspot traffic and then dupe... TechWeb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755105/posts#comment Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:58:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708850/posts Microsoft on Tuesday broke with its regular security update schedule for only the second time this year to issue a patch for a critical Internet Explorer vulnerability that's been exploited for more than a week. MS06-055 provides a fix for the flaw in IE 5.01 and IE 6.0, Microsoft said in the accompany bulletin, and should be applied immediately. The Redmond, Wash. developer pegged the bug as "Critical," its most dire warning, for editions of IE running on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 machines. Windows Server 2003 SP1 is at slightly less risk. "An attacker who successfully... TechWeb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1708850/posts#comment Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:54:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1680615/posts Microsoft, on Tuesday, issued yet another bumper crop of security updates to fix over 20 flaws in its software, its biggest update since it began the regular bulletins. The 12 updates fix a staggering 23 flaws in Windows software, with 15 of them rated as critical, Microsoft's most severe rating. One of the 15 critical vulnerabilities has been tagged as a possible worm candidate; anonymous users can exploit the Service Server vulnerability remotely, regardless of the operating system. Three of the flaws were discovered in Office products, including Powerpoint, while 20 were present in the Windows system. Mac users also... Electronic News.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1680615/posts#comment Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:31:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1652816/posts Attack code for a new security hole in Excel has surfaced on the Internet, just as Microsoft is scrambling to respond to a separate bug in the spreadsheet program. The latest vulnerability could cause Excel to crash after a malicious file is opened, according to an alert Symantec sent to customers on Monday. The security company also said there was a risk that an intruder could commandeer a PC. "Attackers may also be able to execute arbitrary code…but this has not been confirmed," it said. The security hole exists because Excel fails to properly check user-supplied input before copying it... CNET News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1652816/posts#comment Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:47:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648391/posts Windows 98 in factory, AP Microsoft has decided Windows 98 is too old to continue patching One of the biggest security updates for more than a year is due to released by Microsoft to fix 12 software flaws. Nine of the updates apply to the Windows operating system and one is deemed critical, a rating reserved for the most serious security problems. At least one of the loopholes being patched is already being actively exploited by malicious hackers. Windows users are being urged to download the patches as soon as they become available on Tuesday 13 June. Support shift Microsoft... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648391/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580454/posts ST. LOUIS -- Women who use the Ortho Evra birth-control patch face twice the risk of developing blood clots than those who take the pill, the patch's manufacturer said late Thursday, citing recent company-funded research. The finding comes from one of two studies comparing the patch and pill, said Ortho Women's Health & Urology, maker of the once-a-week patch. The Raritan, N.J.-based company is owned by Johnson & Johnson. The first study found no increased risk of clots while its findings on the risk of stroke or heart attack are still being evaluated. Meanwhile, interim results from the second study... The Indy Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580454/posts#comment Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:15:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575219/posts Computer code that could be used in cyberattacks on Firefox users has been released, increasing the urgency for people to upgrade to the latest version of the Web browser. The two pieces of exploit code, posted online earlier this week, take advantage of a security vulnerability in Firefox that Mozilla patched in an update Thursday. In response to the exploit release, the browser maker on Tuesday upgraded the severity rating of the flaw from "moderate" to "critical," its most serious rating. "This exploit was published after we released the 1.5.0.1 update," said Mike Schroepfer, vice president of engineering at Mozilla.... CNet News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575219/posts#comment Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563273/posts Red Hat and Suse have released patches for a critical security hole in their Linux distributions that stem from a vulnerability in the KDE desktop environment.KDE is a user interface package used with several versions of Unix and Linux. The KDE hole was discovered Thursday and rated critical by both Red Hat and the French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT).It affects the JavaScript engine used in various parts of KDE, including its Konqueror Web browser. The flaw could allow a remote attacker to launch an overflow attack and run arbitrary code on the user's machine, FrSIRT said.Users could disable JavaScript... InfoWorld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563273/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:21:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1551415/posts A serious flaw in Windows is generating a rising number of cyberattacks, but Microsoft says it won't deliver a fix until next week. That could be too late, security experts said. The vulnerability, which lies in the way the operating system renders Windows Meta File images, could infect a PC if the victim simply visits a Web site that contains a malicious image file. Consumers and businesses face a serious risk until it's fixed, experts said. "This vulnerability is rising in popularity among hackers, and it is simple to exploit," said Sam Curry, a vice president at security vendor Computer... CNet.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1551415/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jan 2006 01:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551217/posts Excerpt - NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) plans to release a patch for a new security flaw at its next scheduled update release on Jan. 10, leaving users largely unprotected until then from a rapidly spreading computer virus strain. "Microsoft's delay is inexcusable," said Alan Paller, director of research at computer security group SANS Institute. "There's no excuse other than incompetence and negligence." "It's a problem that there's no known solution from Microsoft," said Alfred Huger, senior director of engineering at Symantec Corp.'s (SYMC) security response team. SANS Institute, via its Internet Storm Center, has taken the unusual... Dow Jones News Service (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551217/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:42:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550822/posts Computer security experts were grappling with the threat of a newweakness in Microsoft’s Windows operating system that could put hundreds of millions of PCs at risk of infection by spyware or viruses. The news marks the latest security setback for Microsoft, the world’s biggest software company, whose Windows operating system is a favourite target for hackers. “The potential [security threat] is huge,” said Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer at F-Secure, an antivirus company. “It’s probably bigger than for any other vulnerability we’ve seen. Any version of Windows is vulnerable right now.” The flaw, which allows hackers to infect computers using... Financial Times via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550822/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jan 2006 23:54:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550659/posts Quick Background: The active exploitation of a very serious vulnerability in all versions of Windows was discovered in late December. Word of this spread rapidly through the hacker community — many of whom where presumably on Holiday vacation from school, bored, and looking for something to do. So several days later nearly one hundred different instances of exploitation of this newly discovered vulnerability had been found. Note that this is not a "new vulnerability" — it (and perhaps other similar bugs) have been lying unknown in Windows since 1991. What's "new" is the discovery of this long-present vulnerability in WIndows'... Security Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550659/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548350/posts This alert is a follow-up to a post made yesterday on our blog: http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/blog/ Websense® Security Labs™ has discovered numerous websites exploiting an unpatched Windows vulnerability in the handling of .WMF image files. The websites which have been uncovered at this point are using the exploit to distribute Spyware applications and other Potentially Unwanted Soware. The user's desktop background is replaced with a message warning of a spyware infection and a "spyware cleaning" application is launched. This application prompts the user to enter credit card information in order to remove the detected spyware. The background image used and the "spyware... Websense Security Labs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548350/posts#comment Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:55:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548427/posts Security researchers have released instructions for exploiting a previously unknown security hole in Windows XP and Windows 2003 Web Server with all of the latest patches applied. Washington ComPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548427/posts#comment Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:45:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1540932/posts Before all you anti-MS fanboys attack my setup let me first say I am an ASP/VB web developer for an online company and require IE and MS so save the firefox/mac posts for another day. On to the problem at hand... I got the automatic update last night on my XP pro system and now my IE acts very odd. It seems to open fine but it always opens a new window no matter how I try (ie. type in an addres, using favorites). The original window stays open but it doesnt allow any interaction with it. If I try... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1540932/posts#comment Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:22:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1530405/posts Computer code posted over the weekend can crash vulnerable computers by exploiting a Windows flaw disclosed in October. The exploit code takes advantage of a flaw Microsoft tagged as "critical." The bug lies in a Windows component for transaction processing called the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, or MSDTC. Microsoft addressed the flaw in security bulletin MS05-051. "Initial investigation of this exploit code has verified that successful exploitation could lead to a denial of service attack...and not remote code execution," a Microsoft representative said in a statement. In a denial of service attack a computer would crash, while remote code execution... Cnet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1530405/posts#comment Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:15:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518100/posts Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Macromedia's Flash Player that creates a mechanism for hackers to attack the PCs of users running the popular application. The security bug - described as critical - affect Macromedia Flash Player 6.x and 7.x. Macromedia has issued security updates. The flaw stems from a failure to reject malformed SWF files as invalid. This bug might be exploited by using specially crafted (malformed) SWF file to execute arbitrary code on the machines of users induced into visiting sites under the control of hackers. Flash Player version 7.0.19.0 and prior on the Windows platform, and... The Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518100/posts#comment Tue, 8 Nov 2005 17:07:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504555/posts Security-conscious Windows users who tweaked the operating system to protect their PCs better are getting hit hardest by a flawed Microsoft patch, experts said Monday. Microsoft has acknowledged that a patch released last week can cause trouble for some users. It could lock them out of their PC, prevent the Windows Firewall from starting, block certain applicationsfrom running or installing, and empty the network connections folder,among other things, the software maker said in an advisory on Friday. The trouble occurs when default permission settings on a Windows folder have been changed, according to Microsoft. Those changes aren't common, but have... CNet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504555/posts#comment Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:30:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495018/posts Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 Released Thursday September 29th, 2005 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 is now available for download. Amongst other changes, this minor release includes fixes for a return receipt regression introduced in version 1.0.2 (bug 289091) and the Linux command line URL parsing security flaw.Thunderbird 1.0.7 can be downloaded from the Thunderbird product page or the Thunderbird 1.0.7 directory on ftp.mozilla.org. Refer to the Thunderbird 1.0.7 Release Notes for more information. We expect details of the security fixes in this release to be added to the Mozilla Foundation's list of known security vulnerabilities soon. Mozillazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495018/posts#comment Sun, 2 Oct 2005 00:32:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487683/posts http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/12543504.htm Fri, Sep. 02, 2005 Suit: Birth control to blame for brain clot BY CARY LEIDER VOGRIN The Gazette COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - (KRT) - Not long after Amanda Bianchi began using a birth-control patch, she started getting incapacitating headaches, numbness in her hands and ringing in her ears. An MRI revealed a 6- to 8-inch blood clot in her brain. In July, the Colorado Springs woman and nine others from across the nation filed suit against the maker of Ortho Evra, claiming they suffered "substantial physical injuries" from using the contraceptive patch. The suit claims the patch is "unreasonably... The Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487683/posts#comment Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:44:34 GMT