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As Chief Security Advisor of Microsoft EMEA - lets share interesting security information
Once More: Only the Easiest Way is the Secure Way
Well, my credo is well known in the meantime: We have to make it easy for users to work in a secure...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 12/12/2007
A Retrospect on my Trip to Kenya
I asked for feedback from you and got quite some. Some privately and some publically – thank you all...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 12/07/2007
Update on our Piracy Strategy - Important Changes to WGA
From time to time people ask me about piracy and security. Let's start with piracy first. If you...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 12/04/2007
Windows Vista is protecting the environment
When we launched Windows Vista, one of the features which was pointed out to me was power management...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 12/01/2007
YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED
I am in the position of the Chief Security Advisor in Europe, Middle East and Africa since February...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/30/2007
IE and Firefox vulnerabilities
I am still convinced that there is limited value in comparing vulnerabilities between different...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/30/2007
Hackers using Playstations to crack Passwords
A reader of my blog actually pointed me to that (thank you Shoaib) and asked me for a comment. Here...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/29/2007
Security Threats in 2008
Well, slowly the year is coming to an end – 10% to go J. This is the time where everybody is looking...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/26/2007
Teach a Man to Fish
I just read a pretty good article that goes definitely into the direction I am trying to work with...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/26/2007
Are you ready for your users of the (near) future?
Yankee Group Study Actually near future might be wrong: I am convinced that the future (with regards...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/20/2007
Want to check your Up- and Download-Speed
I just stumbled across a pretty cool website allowing you to measure your up- and download speed...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/15/2007
More than 490’000 Database Server unprotected on the Web
David Litchfield ran a scan on the Internet for the typical SQL Server and Oracle ports. It is...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/14/2007
Be Careful Whom You Trust
When I talk to customers I sometimes ask them, whether they do background checks on whom they hire...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/13/2007
TechEd-IT Forum: The Keynote and Announcements
I told you that I will keep you posted. We had some pretty exciting announcement at the keynote at...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/12/2007
IT Forum is about to begin
It is always fascinating to see an event of this size! I actually arrived in Barcelona yesterday...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/12/2007
A fun reading on social engineering
I recently talked at different events on social engineering or at least touched the theme. You might...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/09/2007
WabiSabiLabi and their view on ethics
I commented on that already twice and I stated that WabiSabiLabi seems to have a different view on...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/08/2007
Mary Jo Foley: It’s payback time: If the Vista team could write ad copy …
Well, well: You know that I never ever would bash a competitor and I will not do so now. However, I...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/06/2007
Fight against Terror and how it can be abused
I am not completely clear how much a lot of the measures we see (like the fluid restrictions on...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/06/2007
The next step at home: Windows Home Server
One of the big challenges we face all the time is how to control one of these growing networks at...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/06/2007
Social Engineering - Live
I just found a pretty interesting article on "social engineering". It is one of these articles...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/05/2007
Pricelist for Cybercriminals
Remember Economy of Cybercrime? I hope so! There I made the statement that Cybercrime has to pay...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/02/2007
SAFECode: Writing Secure Code – learning from each other
During RSA Europe an industry forum called SAFECode (Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/02/2007
Spotlight – The coolest online event platform
You know about Silverlight, don't you? We built a new Online Event platform on it. Sorry? You did...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/01/2007
The Complexity of the “Spyware Landscape”
A pretty interesting article on Spyware (and a lot of other "beasts"): The Increasing Complexity of...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/31/2007
Defend the Flag Workshop at Deepsec
There is a cool workshop at Deepsec in Vienna mid of November, which is called "Defend the Flag"....
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/30/2007
Microsoft has the shortest Security Update Development cycle
Have you had a look at Symantec's latest Threat Report? It can be found here:...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/26/2007
Are you ready for Unified Communications?
Today, Bill Gates sent out a mail to roughly 300'000 subscribers of the Executive Mail. This time he...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/17/2007
Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation
There is an interview on MSNBC with Bill where the readers could actually send the questions. It is...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/11/2007
Windows Cardspace – the sleeping beauty
One of the problems I often see with some of our products is that they actually have some great...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/03/2007
Anti-Phishing-Training
Wow! Ever thought that you are a phishing-expert? Ever tried to train your users? Carnegie Mellon...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/02/2007
Critical Infrastructure Protection - Live
Department of Homeland Security did a simulation what could happen if a hacker gains access to...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/29/2007
CSI Report 2007 published
You surely know the CSI-FBI Security report. FBI now pulled off and CSI did the study themselves. If...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/26/2007
Security Progress at Microsoft (Interview with Scott)
I just stumbled across this interview with Scott Charney (Corporate Vice President Trustworthy...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/21/2007
How to explain a Botnet
Have you ever struggled with the need to explain what a Bot and a Botnet is? There you go. The...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/20/2007
No, not security but ultimately cool
Well, I was thinking about whether I actually can post about this – it has nothing to do with...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/19/2007
Attacks on your Reputation
There is definitely some risk in reputation-based systems: The Threat of Reputation-Based Attacks on...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/19/2007
How likely is “Cyberterrorism”?
If I am honest: I am probably the wrong one to answer this question. I am a security guy and not a...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/19/2007
Our WGA Outage
There was a lot of press and blog posts about our recent WGA outage. If you are interested in the...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/29/2007