Category: ManageEngine

Perils of ‘Static’ Windows Service Accounts

Windows Service Accounts, used by the system programs to run application software services or processes often possess higher or even excessive privileges than normal user accounts. These are indeed very powerful accounts that run critical business processes and services. Many third-party services or scheduled tasks or processes might make use of the same service account, resulting in a complex interconnection

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for September 2011 Patch Tuesday

Microsoft released their advance notification for September 2011 patch Tuesday. Microsoft will release 5 bulletins on September 13 , all of them are rated as Important Vulnerability Impact 3 bulletins addresses Remote Code Execution 2 bulletins addresses Elevation of Privilege Affected Products: All supported Microsoft operating systems Office 2003, 2007, 2010 (Excel) Groove Server 2007 SharePoint Workspace 2010 Excel Viewer Office Compatibility Pack 2007 SharePoint Server 2007, 2010 Office Forms Server 2007 Groove Server (Data Bridge Server) 2007, 2010 Office Web Apps 2010 (Excel) SharePoint Services 2.0, 3.0 SharePoint Foundation 2010 Once the bulletins are released, the Patch Assessment team at Desktop Central will test all the patches pertaining to these bulletins and update their central patch database at the earliest. Update: Adobe has also released an advance notification that they would release an update on Sep 13, 2011

DNS Network Hacking on UK sites

It is one of the most popular technology news site in UK and worldwide, The Register. The first news I read was The Register Hacked posted by a fellow men Chris Woollard but later it came to light that it was not the site but the DNS (Domain Name Server) which got hacked. Along with it the sites Coca Cola, UPS, Telegraph Newspaper were been cracked and displayed a black page stating

Cisco Nexus 1000V deployment on ESX servers

The joint venture between Cisco and VMware brought a new highly scalable product for networkers is Cisco Nexsus 1000V. Cisco Nexus 1000V is a distributed virtual switch which is fully integrated within VMware Infrastructure. The Cisco Nexus 1000V has 2 different modules, they are ; Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM):- Each hypervisor contains one VEM module and it is a software solution that effectively performs following tasks: Advance Networking Security Traffic switching between virtual machines Routing between rest of the network Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM) :- The VSM is a standalone, physical or virtual module that performs the following functions for the Cisco Nexus 1000V system: Configuration Management Monitoring Integration with VMware In the Cisco Nexus 1000V, traffic is switched between virtual machines locally at each VEM instance level