The Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) will start to share software vulnerability information from Adobe sometime this fall, Microsoft announced today.
Sophos on Monday announced the availability of a free tool designed to help address the Windows zero-day shortcut vulnerability that Microsoft has not patched.
Microsoft this week released a beta of its latest client protection software for organizations and enterprises.
- By Herb Torrens
- 07/22/2010
Dell is warning many of its customers of potential malware embedded in a set of server motherboards.
Microsoft on Tuesday added an automated means to address a zero-day Windows Shell vulnerability described in a security advisory released late last week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/21/2010
Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be released "within the first half of calendar year 2011," Microsoft announced this week.
According to a recent study, administrators in Windows environments are still doing much of their administrative legwork the old-fashioned way: by hand.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 07/20/2010
Dell Kace today rolled out a free browser virtualization solution that can help protect against Web threats.
Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday about a Windows vulnerability associated with shortcut icons on USB drives.
The majority of Internet security threats come from unpatched vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat/Reader and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
Microsoft last week released the next version of a free tool that provides upgrade advice for those using the company's flagship software products.
Microsoft has extended Windows 7 downgrade rights for those buying new PCs from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Microsoft, as expected, released four fixes in its July security update. Three are rated "critical" and one is deemed "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/13/2010
Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/12/2010
Microsoft rolled out a second beta of its Windows Intune service on Monday, but availability is limited.