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Release of Dranzer ActiveX Fuzzing Tool

Hi, it's Will. As previously mentioned, we have been investigating and discovering ActiveX vulnerabilities over the past few years. Today we released the Dranzer tool that we have developed to test ActiveX controls.


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Conficker.C: How many are there?

Hello, Sid Faber from the Network Situational Awareness group at CERT. Like just about everyone else, we've been following the Conficker worm for a while and thought some updated stats on the Conficker.C variant might be useful.


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Windows Installer Application Resiliency

Hi, it's Will again. Recently, I was investigating the effectiveness of the workarounds for the Adobe Reader JBIG2 vulnerability, and I encountered an unexpected situation. In certain situations, the application resiliency feature of Windows Installer can actually undo some of the steps taken to mitigate a vulnerability.


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