5/29/2005

Device drivers filled with flaws, threaten security

Filed under: — Aviran Mordo

The uneven skills of driver programmers have left a legion of holes in software that ships with Windows and Linux, security experts say.

Operating system vendors and hardware makers should commit more resources toward systematically auditing Windows and Linux device-driver code for flaws, security researchers say.

While buffer overflows, a type of memory flaw that can lead to serious vulnerabilities, are quickly being eradicated in critical applications, the flaws are still easily found in device drivers, said David Maynor, a research engineer for Internet Security Systems’ X-Force vulnerability analysis group.

Source: Security Focus

Tip: Access / View “Recycle Bin” From Command Prompt

Filed under: — Aviran Mordo

Since Windows 95 Microsoft helps you restore deleted files by moving them to the Recycle Bin. You can access these file easily from the graphic environment, but you can also access the Recycle Bin from the Command Prompt.

In order to do that follow these steps:

  • Go to Start->Run
  • Type Cmd and press ENTER
  • Change your drive to the appropriate one (C:, D: etc.)
  • The Recycle Bin is a hidden directory but you can still go in there by typing CD\Recycle
  • Also all the files in there are hidden, thus we need to change their attribute, so we can see them with the DIR command. In order to do that type ATTRIB -S -H –R *.*
  • Now all the files in the Recycle Bin are available to you. Type DIR to view them

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