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Security News- Anonymous Hacks, Posts FBI/Scotland Yard Conference Call About Hackers–The Telegraph
- FBI Director: “The Cyber Threat Will Equal or Surpass the Threat From Counter Terrorism In the Foreseeable Future.”—CBS News
- 45 Percent of Experts Say Cyber Security Is As Important As Border Security, Among Other Things—Govtech
- Security Professionals Should Focus On Defense Not Offense, Says Adobe Security Director—Dark Reading
- CAPTCHA Can’t Capture Trojan, Code Broken In Minutes—CSO Online
- According to Microsoft Researchers, Anonymous Data Can Still Threaten Privacy—Network World
- Anonymous Hits American Nazi Party Web Site—MSNBC/Security News Daily
Tag Archives: Microsoft
Microsoft falsely labels Chrome as malware
“Wow, that’s certainly one way to win the browser war,” said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security, over on Network World. Google has released a new version of Chrome after Microsofts antivirus software flagged the browser as … Continue reading
Windows 8 to offer built-in malware protection
Microsoft is including a beefier version of its malware protection in Windows 8. The company is tweaking its Windows Defender tool, which has been part of the last few versions of Windows, by essentially adding some of the more robust … Continue reading
May 2011 Patch Tuesday Security Bulletins | eEye Digital Security
This month, Microsoft released 2 patches which repair a total of 3 vulnerabilities. Both of these patches address Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities. via Patch Tuesday Security Bulletins | eEye Digital Security.
Out-of-band patch: MS warns of hack attempt on major sites
Microsoft issued a warning today that nine fraudulent digital certificates were issued by root certificate authority, Comodo Group. Although the certificates were quickly revoked, their initial release still poses a threat to browser users, including users of Internet Explorer. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Comodo, Microsoft, Network World, Patch Tuesday, Root certificates
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eEye’s analysis of February’s Patch Tuesday
This month, Microsoft released 12 patches which repair a total of 22 vulnerabilities. 5 of these patches address Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities, 5 address Elevation of Privilege, 1 addresses Denial of Service, and 1 addresses Information Disclosure. via eEye Digital … Continue reading
10 things network admins need to know about Windows Phone 7
You’ve probably heard that Windows Phone 7 is not really a good option for deployment. Here’s an article that explains why… And here is one striking point: 8: It’s really a consumer device When you read about the missing ActiveSync policies, … Continue reading
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Tagged Microsoft, Mobile Devices, Mobile phones, TechRepublic
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Microsoft warns of new Windows zero-day bug
Microsoft [Friday] warned Windows users of a new unpatched vulnerability that attackers could exploit to steal information and dupe people into installing malware. … In lieu of a patch, Microsoft recommended that users lock down the MHTML protocol handler by … Continue reading