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- Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only download it
- Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only download itI just clicked 'download'in Firefox, and both opened up within the browser.WinXP SP2, .Net installed, FF 3beta5However, I don't think .Net makes a difference, since I am in FireFox.RE: Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only...
- Tags: Web browsers, .NET, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, Microsoft Security, XPS, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, anti-MS
- Discussion threads 2008-04-22
- Microsoft security update derails IE
- Microsoft security update derails IEYou should all switch to OS XIt is better than Micro$ux's Pista. Did you know that Pista started as a non-networked, single-user, single process OS (called MS-DOS) with no concept of restricted rights? You can't add security afterwards, you have to have it right in the...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Security Update, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., Pista, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
- A new Microsoft-hosted security service in the making: Forefront Online
- A new Microsoft-hosted security service in the making: Forefront OnlineMicrosoft? Security?Surely you jest.Is this serious!?Can't be serious!!! MS is selling the most insecure operating system in the universe, and then selling a security solution!? I think the best thing the civilized world could do is ban Windows computers from connecting...
- Tags: Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, OneCare, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-hosted, Microsoft-hosted security service, new Microsoft-hosted security service, Forefront Online
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Microsoft to ship critical Windows, Office patches
- Next weeks Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft will include fixes for a wide range of "critical" vulnerabilities in the Windows, Office and Exchange product lines, the software giant announced today.As part of its advance notice mechanism, Microsoft said a total of 7 bulletins will be released on May 8, 2007....
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Microsoft, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- Microsoft security zaps laptop tracer
- Microsoft security zaps laptop tracerDoing the right thing for customers...We have been using Microsoft's new security services here for months already. I told all of our employees that if OneNet disables any of their applications, so be it. My rep and I joke that OneNet is so powerful, it should...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, security, laptop computer, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., rep, software
- Discussion threads 2005-12-14
- IE image flaw could infect on sight
- IE image flaw could infect on sightIE image flaw could infect on sightFlaws found, reported, investigated, fixed. Just like a systematic process its thrilling to see Microsoft achieve this. All updates released in one day, no multiple days of downloading. Yet another reason why Microsoft continues to pull...
- Tags: Web browsers, KB896727, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Bulletin URL, Microsoft Security Bulletin, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2005-08-09
- Anti-Linux strategy predicts Longhorn insecurity?
- Anti-Linux strategy predicts Longhorn insecurity?Why aren't soliders automated?[i]"those people wouldn’t be needed if Microsoft built reasonable security into their systems"[/i]I find it difficult to accept that assertion. You must keep in mind that business systems whatever software they run are and always have been under attack. At the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Anti-Linux strategy, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Security, firewall, tire, security, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-05-25
- New sleeper worm may have al-Qaida link
- New sleeper worm may have al-Qaida linkAnd in other news, Microsft distributes Swiss CheeseSlow news day?This may scare peopleSeriously, most viruses are written by bored kids. The Microsoft security is pretty much swiss cheese and ripe for attack. Trying to come up with these secret agents who are...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Security, al-Qaida, Melhacker, virus
- Discussion threads 2004-07-16
- Trustworthy yet?
- The ongoing Microsoft security saga--including a steady stream of 'critical' Windows flaws and more Windows XP Service Pack 2 delays--calls into question the status of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Initiative. David Berlind looks for answers from Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Security Business Unit... [Audio]
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Security
- Blog posts 2004-07-15
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- Live Webcast: Mid-Year Report: Malware, Spam and Web Threats in 2008
- What's NOT happening in 2008? The web continues to be a vector for cyber threats. Incidents of spear-phishing continue to dupe users, and botnets are increasing in popularity amongst growing economies across the globe. Complex polymorphic viruses as opposed to the more mundane Trojan horses are getting...
- Tags: Web, Webcast, Sophos Plc., Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Channel Management, Security, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft splits its Platforms & Services unit in two
- Microsoft announced on July 23 that it is cleaving its Platforms & Services Division in half and the head of the formerly combined unit is leaving the company. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison
- Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson left, also known as the "Spam King, made a run for it when his wife visited him last Sunday and is now officially...
- Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Restitution, Federal Prison Camp, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws
- Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Spamming, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Phishing, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service
- Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...
- Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release
- Today, MindTouch Deki releases Kilen Woodds, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Free the XBOX 360!!!
- It's good that Microsoft has begun to allow home users to create XBOX 360 games that they can sell through XBOX Live. Microsoft, however, could do so much more with their TV-attached creation if only they were willing to let third parties take it beyond traditional TV-oriented services. by...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., TV, Microsoft Xbox, Game Console, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA
- Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application. In doing so they saw a big increase in conversion numbers and the customers have responded well to having the...
- Tags: Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Video Game, Video, CRM, Desktop Application, Games, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
- Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...
- Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Gallery: New user interface for Xbox 360
- At the E3 game conference Microsoft unveiled a new look for it's Xbox 360 interface to make features easier to use and buy, and improve the social experience. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andy Smith, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox
- Image galleries 2008-07-23
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