The recently discovered DLL hijack vulnerability in Windows appears to be more critical than thought. Up until now it was confirmed that Windows would load dlls from the current working directory if they cannot be found in directories with a higher search priority. This in turn meant that attackers had to use a dll unknown [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows Shell Vulnerability, Fix Inside
A recently discovered vulnerability in Windows Shell allows remote code execution on affected computer systems if exploited correctly. A security advisory that was posted yesterday on Microsoft’s Technet website confirms limited, targeted attacks that are exploiting a vulnerability in Windows Shell and the parsing of .lnk files. Attackers could exploit the vulnerability to infect Windows [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 4
Secure FTP Client Online
Back in the days when I worked part time for a big financial company and ran Ghacks the rest of the time I sometimes had to access Ghacks while I was at work. The worst case scenario was that the web servers were down but it could also have been because of time critical security [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 6
Mount Remote FTP And Webdav Servers
NetDrive is a software to mount remote ftp and webdav servers that somehow has never been mentioned at Ghacks before. That’s a rare occurrence especially if the software is well designed and free. A large portion of webmasters have to connect to remote ftp servers regularly to update files on the website. There are obviously [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 69
Ghacks Christmas Giveaway: GoodSync
The first week of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway has passed and I can already assure you that it will not be the last giveaway here at Ghacks. The majority loves the products that I have selected so far and I hope that this trend continues in the coming three weeks. Today’s offer is the file [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 2
Connect Open Office To Google Docs, Zoho or WebDAV
OpenOffice.org 2 GoogleDocs is an Open Office extension that is compatible with OpenOffice.org 2.0.4+ or StarOffice 8+. It provides import and export options for Google Docs, Zoho or WebDAV servers from withing Open Office which should be interesting for all users who use at least one of the services and Open Office regularly. Installation of [...]