Miles Associates LLC » Microsoft http://www.miles-assoc.com Jim Miles - Information Technology & IT Security Consultant Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Microsoft falsely labels Chrome as malware http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/microsoft-falsely-labels-chrome-as-malware/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/microsoft-falsely-labels-chrome-as-malware/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:24:32 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=523 “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 →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/microsoft-falsely-labels-chrome-as-malware/feed/ 0 Windows 8 to offer built-in malware protection http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/windows-8-to-offer-built-in-malware-protection/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/windows-8-to-offer-built-in-malware-protection/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:17:28 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=502 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 →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/windows-8-to-offer-built-in-malware-protection/feed/ 0 May 2011 Patch Tuesday Security Bulletins | eEye Digital Security http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/may-2011-patch-tuesday-security-bulletins-eeye-digital-security/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/may-2011-patch-tuesday-security-bulletins-eeye-digital-security/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 10:15:56 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=493 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. Related posts: eEye’s Patch Tuesday analysis eEye’s analysis of … Continue reading →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/may-2011-patch-tuesday-security-bulletins-eeye-digital-security/feed/ 0 Out-of-band patch: MS warns of hack attempt on major sites http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/out-of-band-patch-ms-warns-of-hack-attempt-on-major-sites/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/out-of-band-patch-ms-warns-of-hack-attempt-on-major-sites/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:12:19 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=491 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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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/out-of-band-patch-ms-warns-of-hack-attempt-on-major-sites/feed/ 0 eEye’s analysis of February’s Patch Tuesday http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/eeyes-analysis-of-februarys-patch-tuesday/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/eeyes-analysis-of-februarys-patch-tuesday/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:31:17 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=461 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 →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/eeyes-analysis-of-februarys-patch-tuesday/feed/ 0 10 things network admins need to know about Windows Phone 7 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/10-things-network-admins-need-to-know-about-windows-phone-7/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/10-things-network-admins-need-to-know-about-windows-phone-7/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:47:07 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=457 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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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/10-things-network-admins-need-to-know-about-windows-phone-7/feed/ 0 Microsoft warns of new Windows zero-day bug http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/microsoft-warns-of-new-windows-zero-day-bug/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/microsoft-warns-of-new-windows-zero-day-bug/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:00:59 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=455 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 →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/microsoft-warns-of-new-windows-zero-day-bug/feed/ 0 Google vs. Bing: The Fallacy Of The Superior Search Engine http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/google-vs-bing-the-fallacy-of-the-superior-search-engine/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/google-vs-bing-the-fallacy-of-the-superior-search-engine/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:09:40 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=448 Very interesting stuff! [The author] evaluated 20 different searches split evenly between Transactional and Informational queries and the search engines’ ability to deliver quality results, admitting that quality is a very subjective term, but includes things like timeliness, 1 click access to … Continue reading →
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/google-vs-bing-the-fallacy-of-the-superior-search-engine/feed/ 1 eEye’s analysis of January’s patch Tuesday http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/eeyes-analysis-of-januarys-patch-tuesday/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/eeyes-analysis-of-januarys-patch-tuesday/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:29:27 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=439 Via eEye Digital Security. Related posts: eEye’s Patch Tuesday analysis Patch Tuesday analysis from eEye eEye’s August Patch Analysis
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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/eeyes-analysis-of-januarys-patch-tuesday/feed/ 0 Fake Microsoft security update spreads Autorun worm | Naked Security http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/fake-microsoft-security-update-spreads-autorun-worm-naked-security/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/fake-microsoft-security-update-spreads-autorun-worm-naked-security/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:40:03 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=435 Have you received an email seemingly from Microsoft’s security team telling you to “Update your Windows”?  Have you been sent a file called KB453396-ENU.zip and told to run it on your Windows computer? Well, think twice before following the instructions. … Continue reading →
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