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As Chief Security Advisor of Microsoft EMEA - lets share interesting security information
Microsoft Security Essentials free for small businesses
I know that this is “old news” but I wanted to make sure that everybody has seen that: We will make...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/23/2010
The Risks of Pirated Software
Obviously I do not like people to steal software. Additionally, from at least two perspectives it...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/21/2010
Infosecurity Virtual Conference
The cloud – and now I mean the volcano cloud – showed that there is not always a real...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/20/2010
Interpol’s Chief’s Facebook Identity Stolen
This is one of the risks, not a lot of people look into: It is fairly easy for me to setup a...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/20/2010
Dilbert on Piracy
Just before I leave to Johannesburg: Dilbert on Piracy… he is soooo right Roger
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/19/2010
Advisory for the ASP.NET Vulnerability
We are basically asking the industry to follow a Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure and are...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/19/2010
Is There Any Value in Twitter? Yes? Think Again…
I know that this is a very provocative question but it is one I looked into since a few months. If...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/18/2010
“Chat with me” works again!
Quite a while ago, I implemented the possibility for people chatting with me via MSN Messenger on...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/17/2010
Most Popular Usernames and Passwords
No clue what the source is but if they are right, it is scary: DRG SSH Username and Password...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/17/2010
Interesting Discussion on Social Media
Recently, we had an interesting discussion on Social Media. It actually all started with somebody...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/17/2010
The Risks of Unofficial Patches
This is quite a normal scenario: A zero-day pops up on the Internet by a security researcher....
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/17/2010
Kinect Opening a Whole New Way to Live?
You hopefully know of the coolest thing we will launch this year: Kinect – our controller-less...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/16/2010
Just Installed Internet Explorer 9 Beta
I know – Beta versions are not for production but as I just run production, I installed it on my...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/15/2010
Data Governance in the Cloud
If you look at current discussions between cloud providers and customers, I see it too often that...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/15/2010
The Future of Crime
I was contacted by somebody who recently mailed with me on LinkedIn (the value of social networks )...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/14/2010
Emerging Malware Threat on Exchange
If you have not seen it, you should probably have a brief look at it. We are seeing a new worm...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/10/2010
FTC Takes Action Against Employee Bloggers
This is an interesting information: FTC Takes Action Against Employee Bloggers. I am often asked...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/09/2010
The Eleven Rules of Life
I know that they are very old but I did not know them. The oldest post I found was from 2004. People...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/09/2010
The Community is Growing
In Off to See the World I told you that we are growing the Chief Security Advisor Community and then...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/06/2010
What it takes to shut down a botnet
It hits the press from time to time that somebody was successful taking down a botnet. We had some...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/02/2010
Do We Really Want Privacy?
I really love reading Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog. Fairly often it is thought provoking… He...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/26/2010
The Importance of Application Security
I think I told the story thousands of time and everybody knows it but I will do it the 1001st time...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/24/2010
The Risk of Blogging
Steve Ballmer was once asked by a journalist whether and why he allows blogging by Microsoft...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/24/2010
Am I Too Paranoid?
Sometimes I wonder whether I am too paranoid. I just got a call, which went like that: Caller:...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/18/2010
Are We Losing the Fight Against Cybercrime?
It is an interesting and difficult question. What can we do to really be able to stay on top? Or...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/17/2010
Blocking Social Media Sites–a False Sense of Security?
I blogged often about it: Blocking certain websites today can fire back in different ways. The CIO...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/14/2010
The Future of Cybercrime
If you do not know this blog, it is definitely worth looking at it from time to time: Paleo-Future....
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/11/2010
Assessing the risk of the August security updates
This month it is pretty important to read the Security Research and Defense blog post: Assessing the...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/10/2010
Success against Cybercrime
I just read this article E-crime unit arrests suspected phishing gang, which shows that we are...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 08/07/2010
How to Deal With Vulnerabilities
This is always a fairly emotional theme. What is better to protect the ecosystem? Public or private...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/27/2010
Chief Security Advisor in Sweden: Magnus is back
After my overall announcement that we grow the community in Off to See the World, and Stuart Aston...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/26/2010
A new Chief Security Advisor in the UK
As you have seen in my post Off to see the World, we are hiring Chief Security Advisors all over the...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/21/2010
Secunia: Apple makes the most vulnerable software in the market today
And everybody tells me how secure they are….. So,according to this article Secunia: Apple makes the...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/21/2010
Doing the right thing on ID management isn't enough...
Even though it might be obvious, compliance is not only about protecting data but identities as well...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/16/2010
US Cybersecurity Research!
The Department of Homeland Security published a report on A Roadmap for Cybersecurity Research, I...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/15/2010
Blocking Social Networks? Think Again…
You know that I am not a big fan of blocking social networks within enterprises for different...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/14/2010
Support for Windows XP SP2 ends today!
I just wanted to remind you: The support for Windows XP SP2 ends today. I hope that this does not...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/13/2010
Make Your Influence Positive–Great TV Commercial
It really made me think… Roger
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/07/2010
Microsoft By Numbers
If you have not seen these numbers, they are very impressive: Microsoft by the numbers. One of the...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/04/2010
Attacks on the Windows Help and Support Center Vulnerability (CVE-2010-1885)
I blogged about the vulnerability which was publically disclosed by a researcher working for Google...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 07/02/2010
The Growth of the Tablet Market
You know that we have Tablet PCs since Windows XP and I think I did not have many PCs at Microsoft...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 06/29/2010