Microsoft Security

Your source for the latest Microsoft security news and analysis.

Week in security: NASA fails, Microsoft sneaks, Zeus phishing, cyber security fiction? - ...
Oct. 17, 2009
A look back at the week's biggest security-related news stories.

The Backgrounds and Screen Savers are Cool
Oct. 09, 2009
The Backgrounds and Screen Savers are Cool

Biz users want Windows 7 (eventually); Fraudsters try new ATM card tricks
Oct. 22, 2009
Biz users want Windows 7 (eventually); Fraudsters try new ATM card tricks

Patch Tuesday: What the experts are saying
Oct. 13, 2009
Experts from across the security industry weigh in on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, which was its biggest ever with 13 patches and 34 vulnerabilities

Active Directory in spotlight 10 years ago
Oct. 13, 2009
In this issue I'd like to take a look back 10 years -- to the October 1999 issues of this newsletter's predecessor, Network World Fusion Focus on Directory Services. The majority of those issues were concerned with the ...

Microsoft offers tools for secure app development
Sep. 16, 2009
The tools help developers add security and privacy provisions into the development lifecycle, but their enterprise usefulness is unclear as they are only for C and C++

Microsoft releases Security Essentials antimalware tool
Sep. 28, 2009
In the works for some time, Microsoft finally confirms that the Security Essentials antimalware software is available for download.

PayChoice details data breach; Microsoft revamps configuration management
Oct. 05, 2009
PayChoice details data breach; Microsoft revamps configuration management

Microsoft wary as security, identity integration plan lags
Oct. 01, 2009
Microsoft is on the verge of finally providing some pieces of software to back up its ambitious plan to integrate its security and identity technologies, but the company admits it is moving slower than it had ...

Microsoft defends its anti-malware software after Symantec piles on
Oct. 01, 2009
Microsoft is defending the merits of its free Security Essentials anti-malware software after a top Symantec engineer badmouthed the new release.

Microsoft's security, identity integration plan dragging
Sep. 29, 2009
Microsoft executives say the company's ambitious plan to integrate security and identity software is progressing slower than hoped but that the foundation for the work will be set early next year.

Windows Bug Enables PC Hijacking, Microsoft Warns
Sep. 14, 2009
Microsoft last week issued an advisory warning that a bug discovered in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and the release candidates of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 could be used to hijack PCs.

Close to Patch Tuesday, new flaw surfaces
Sep. 08, 2009
As Microsoft prepares to release patches, researchers said they've seen exploit code for a new flaw that puts organizations using Vista and Windows 7 at great risk.

Microsoft unleashes five service packs for its enterprise security wares
Jul. 01, 2009
In the past week, Microsoft has launched five service packs for its enterprise security wares including Geneva, Forefront, Antigen.

Novell does the right thing
Oct. 02, 2009
When a company makes a big mistake I'll call them out on it. And when a company recognizes a mistake and corrects it, I'll give them a big pat on the back. Novell gets a pat on the back today.

Anti-malware test in hand, Symantec swats Microsoft Security Essentials
Oct. 01, 2009
Armed with an anti-malware test report that pits Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 2009 against Microsoft's just-released Security Essentials software, a top Symantec engineer ripped into the new consumer anti-malware as an ...

Microsoft ships RC1 of new Forefront Identity Manager
Oct. 01, 2009
Microsoft ships identity infrastructure software that will figure prominently in its plan to integrate security and identity technologies to protect clients, servers and the network edge.

Microsoft passes its first SAML 2.0 interoperability test
Sep. 30, 2009
Microsoft completed its first SAML interoperability test and the results are in: Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 software received a passing grade.

Microsoft ID management dragging; Users say corporate social tools inevitable - Network ...
Sep. 30, 2009
Microsoft ID management dragging; Users say corporate social tools inevitable

Watching the detectives bowl
Sep. 28, 2009
Gibbs follows on from last week's column on surveillance with a tale of cops caught on video in a house search, the state of video surveillance in the UK, and wonders if our operating systems might be rigged … Watching ...

Windows autorun may autoinfect
Sep. 11, 2009
Nothing beats a USB port for convenience, whether you want to quickly transport a couple gigabytes of files for work, refresh the lineup on your MP3 player, or view the pictures from your recent trip to Boise.

Microsoft confirms attacks against IE6, IE7
Jul. 07, 2009
Microsoft today confirmed that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in DirectX, this time by attacking Internet Explorer.

Microsoft reaches out at China hacker conference
Aug. 19, 2009
Microsoft shared the stage with Chinese security researchers at a Beijing hacker conference on Wednesday, aiming to build ties in a country that produces a growing number of threats to Microsoft products.

Status Update: "Enslaved by Cybercriminal Botnets"
Jul. 30, 2009
Status Update: "Enslaved by Cybercriminal Botnets"

Boston drivers are obnoxious? Duh!
Jul. 24, 2009
Boston drivers are obnoxious? Duh!