Johannes Ullrich
Johannes Ullrich
Johannes Ullrich is the founder of DShield. DShield is now part of the SANS Internet Storm Center which he leads since it was created from Incidents.org and DShield back in 2001. In 2005, he was named one of the 50 most powerful people in Networking by Network World Magazine. He is the dean of research, and an instructor for the SANS Institute...
applying recommend temporary
At this point, we do not recommend applying these temporary patches.
appear apple distinct larger offer patches testing
At this point, Apple does not appear to offer the patches in distinct packages, which will make testing in larger environments tricky.
apply home patch soon
For home users: Apply the patch as soon as you can.
laptop systems
This laptop will infect your systems from the inside.
catch four pushed version
A new version can be pushed out every four hours. You can never catch up.
The story here is if you are hit, you do have other vulnerabilities than this problem.
dangerous exploit issue
The Snort issue is more dangerous because the exploit is really simple.
cooperate functions less patches problems software sort various
These are the sort of problems that we typically see when patches don't cooperate well with various third-party software and some of the less used functions of Windows,
damage good patch quickly roll testing
More often than not, a patch will actually do more damage than good if you roll it out too quickly without testing it first.
felt guess necessary release serious
My guess is that it's just serious enough that they really felt it was necessary to release it early.
allow blocking display files normally programs windows
This should allow Windows programs to display WMF files normally while still blocking the exploit.
claims picture sexual sort tricks
It claims to be a movie or picture with some sort of sexual content. That is how it tricks you.
code endorse source validate
I don't think we will endorse this patch. There is no source code available, so we are not able to validate the patch.
microsoft taking
In this case, Microsoft is taking too long.