Configure or Turn Off DEP (Data Execution Prevention) in Windows

It can cause issues with some older third-party softwareData Execution Prevention (DEP) is one of those ‘blursed’ things. It’s a blessing most of the time when it does its job and doesn’t interfere, but cursed when it does interfere. Let’s look at DEP and how to configure it, or turn DEP off, depending on your needs.What Is DEP & What Does It Do?According to Microsoft, DEP is :“…a set of hardware and software technologies that perform additional checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running on a system.”  Dell simplifies it a bit and tells us that DEP“…can help protect your computer by monitoring your programs...

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Understanding the Impact of Apache Log4j Vulnerability

 More than 35,000 Java packages, amounting to over 8% of the Maven Central repository (the most significant Java package repository), have been impacted by the recently disclosed log4j vulnerabilities (1, 2), with widespread fallout across the software industry. The vulnerabilities allow an attacker to perform remote code execution by exploiting the insecure JNDI lookups feature exposed by the logging library log4j. This exploitable feature was enabled by default in many versions of the library.This vulnerability has captivated the information security ecosystem since its disclosure on December 9th because of both its severity and widespread...

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Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022

 Internet Explorer will no longer be supported in June 2022Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer next year, after more than 25 years. The aging web browser has largely been unused by most consumers for years, but Microsoft is putting the final nail in the Internet Explorer coffin on June 15th, 2022, by retiring it in favor of Microsoft Edge.“We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge,” says Sean Lyndersay, a Microsoft Edge program manager. “The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10.”While...

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