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Windows 7 almost five times more secure than XP
CNET: Windows 7 almost five times more secure than XPThose are the findings of Microsoft's latest...
Date: 05/17/2011
Germany provides a secure way to deal with spam
"In theory, stopping spam is easy: just make it uneconomic to send millions of messages by charging...
Date: 03/08/2011
Windows 7 Security Primer
Good series of articles about Windows 7...
Date: 01/03/2011
Step by step instructions on how to build a UAG SP1 DirectAccess lab with NAP
Good article and step by step instruction on simplifying DA/NAP deployments with...
Date: 01/03/2011
Hold on to Your Keys!
There have been a few recent incidents of what we previously thought was extremely rare —...
Date: 09/21/2010
A strong Password isn’t the strongest Security
Make your password strong, with a unique jumble of letters, numbers and punctuation marks. But...
Date: 09/08/2010
Microsoft Freshens Retro Code Lock-Down Tool
Microsoft has released a new version of a software tool that developers and administrators can use...
Date: 09/07/2010
Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 to manufacturers (RTM)
Security relevant? Not sure... Fun? Definitely! Can't await mine... ;-)But to still give it a...
Date: 09/03/2010
Microsoft Releases SDL Docs with Creative Commons License
[PCMag] In the last several years, for the most part, Microsoft "got" the importance of security and...
Date: 08/31/2010
Anti-DoS Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS 7.0 Hits Beta2
Microsoft has made available for download the second Beta development milestone of an anti-DoS...
Date: 08/31/2010
Security Secrets the Bad Guys don't want you to know
[PCWorld] You already know the basics of internet security, right? But when you've got the basics...
Date: 07/21/2010
A group of 15 Nations agree to start working together to reduce Cyberwarfare Threat
[The Washington Post] A group of nations — including the United States, China and Russia...
Date: 07/21/2010
Microsoft Malware Protection Center - The Stuxnet Sting
For the past week or so, MSRC has been closely tracking a new family of threats called Stuxnet (a...
Date: 07/21/2010
What does it mean if my version of Windows is no longer supported?
An unsupported version of Windows will no longer receive software updates from Windows Update. These...
Date: 07/14/2010
How the Microsoft Azure appliance changes the cloud computing skyscape
Microsoft executive Bob Muglia said he was meeting with a chief information officer last year when...
Date: 07/14/2010
Reminder: Support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000 ended July 13, 2010
As Microsoft announced in 2008, support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on July 13,...
Date: 07/14/2010
Microsoft Offers Developers Cloud Security Tips
Microsoft this week published a best practices guide for writing applications to its Windows Azure...
Date: 06/18/2010
3.7 Billion Phishing Emails were sent in the last 12 Months
[Network World] Cyber criminals sent 3.7 billion phishing emails over the last year, in a bid to...
Date: 06/18/2010
Microsoft Unveils One-Stop Service for Reporting Stolen Accounts
Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a program to alert banks and online services when accounts they...
Date: 06/18/2010
It's my blog again... ;-)
You have probably recognized that we completely changed the blog platform. Not only that I was...
Date: 06/18/2010
New Microsoft Windows cloud service for managing and securing PCs: Intune (Beta)
Windows Intune Beta Windows Intune simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows...
Date: 04/21/2010
New Twitter Account: @MSFTSecResponse
MSRC blogs: We will use this account to augment the content here on the blog. For example, we will...
Date: 04/09/2010
Microsoft Security Compliance Manager released
The Security Compliance Manager will help you accelerate knowledge to merge best practices,...
Date: 04/08/2010
Microsoft out-of-band security bulletin release for IE
Microsoft has released an out-of-band security bulletin on March 30, 2010. The bulletin is being...
Date: 03/31/2010
Think You’re Immune from Online Fraud? Maybe Not!
Bill Mullins’ Weblog: Guest writer Dave Brooks, a vastly experienced computer tech from New...
Date: 03/30/2010
XBox Project Natal at E3
Not really security relevant, but cool anyway... some more info on project...
Date: 03/25/2010
What your users don't know about vulnerabilities can hurt you
DarkReading: If your security strategy relies on end users to perform updates or avoid risky...
Date: 03/24/2010
Seattle Tops List of Riskiest Cyber Crime Cities!
MSNBC:Seattle is the riskiest online city, according to a new survey. Symantec says Seattle tops the...
Date: 03/24/2010
Protecting Against Terrorism [PDF]
Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure: This publication offers security advice and...
Date: 03/24/2010
Microsoft cloud-computing service offers federal agencies
New Microsoft cloud-computing service offers federal agencies a high level of security, including...
Date: 03/21/2010
Newest Security Reports Show Changing Threats
Scott Hogg, Core Networking and Security: "I find it useful to seek out new perspectives on the...
Date: 03/20/2010
High-Tech Copy Machines a Gold Mine for Data Thieves
Victor Beitner, a security expert who reconfigures photocopy machines destined for resale in...
Date: 03/20/2010
Elevation of Privilege (EoP) Card Game
Elevation of Privilege is the easy way to get started threat modeling. Threat modeling is a core...
Date: 03/20/2010
MS: What We Know (and Learned) from the Waledac Takedown
Very interesting article from the MSRC: Recently, following an investigation to which various...
Date: 03/20/2010
Guidelines for the Secure Deployment of IPv6 (Draft)
[NIST] With the dwindling number of IPv4 addresses, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Date: 03/04/2010
Microsoft Security Awareness Toolkit
Information security awareness and training is critical to any organization’s information security...
Date: 03/04/2010
Microsoft's new Identity Management Software: Forefront Identity Manager 2010
[Computerworld] Microsoft announced at the RSA Conference on Tuesday that it has begun shipping...
Date: 03/04/2010
Pentagon Searches for ‘Digital DNA’ to Identify Hackers
One of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure who’s really behind an attack....
Date: 02/10/2010
Intel Atom Netbooks Get Whole-Disk Encryption
TechWorld: Netbook users worried about storing sensitive data on their portables are being offered...
Date: 02/10/2010
Study: 73% use Bank Password everywhere
For years computer security experts have been preaching that users should never share the same...
Date: 02/05/2010
Microsoft Links Security Guidelines to Agile Development
Microsoft released a template for applying its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) methodology to...
Date: 02/05/2010
How Wi-Fi Attackers are poisoning web browsers
Public Wi-Fi networks such as those in coffee shops and airports present a bigger security threat...
Date: 02/05/2010
Cisco's (and other's) backdoor for Hackers
Activists have long grumbled about the privacy implications of the legal backdoors that networking...
Date: 02/05/2010
Report details hacks targeting Google and others
It’s been three weeks since Google announced that a sophisticated and coordinated hack attack dubbed...
Date: 02/05/2010
Technology as a Substitute for the IT Security Pro?
"We are providing a technical solution that will eliminate the need for a lot of cyber professionals...
Date: 02/05/2010
Microsoft Security Essentials vs. Kaspersky, Nod32, BitDefender, Symantec, McAfee
Believe it or not, but the recently introduced, free security solution from Microsoft manages to...
Date: 12/08/2009
So Much Data, So Little Encryption
If you go solely by top-level stats on encryption use, you'll come away feeling pretty secure — 86...
Date: 11/27/2009
9 Ways to Increase the Security of Your Laptop While on the Road
Using your laptop to get work done away from your office or on the road is becoming widely accepted....
Date: 11/27/2009
The Microsoft Security Update Guide
This guide was designed to help IT professionals better understand and use Microsoft security...
Date: 11/27/2009