Google has fixed bugs in Google Chrome Frame, including one that Microsoft called out as a security problem.
Systems with proper security and network controls can withstand about 80 percent of known cyberattacks, said a senior National Security Agency official.
Microsoft released Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 to manufacturers on Monday.
Plus: hackers try to bypass Windows 7's WAT; Internet Explorer attack can hurt the kernel.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/17/2009
Microsoft is continuing to investigate holes in its Server Message Block file-sharing protocol used in Windows.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/16/2009
DNSSEC adoption is accelerating, but this good news is offset by the growing number of unmanaged embedded name servers.
- By William Jackson
- 11/16/2009
Microsoft and Sophos are at it again, this time arguing about Windows 7's user account control feature.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/13/2009
Microsoft's efforts on combating server-side Web vulnerabilities, as well as patching its Internet Explorer client, may be paying off.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/13/2009
Thirteen leading technology companies including Microsoft have joined with Lockheed Martin to form a new cybersecurity technology alliance.
Someone spilled hot COFEE, otherwise known as Microsoft's Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor.
November just gets patchier and patchier. Plus: Exchange 2010 gets a security component; vendors tackle absentee security; more.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/10/2009
An organization's security has a lot to do with its E-mail system, a top security official at Microsoft suggested.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/10/2009
The sharp decline in spam volumes that attended last November's shutdown of the notorious McColo hosting provider seems to have come to an end.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 11/10/2009
Security experts say that threats to personal data are evolving faster than our responses to them.
- By William Jackson
- 11/09/2009
Security experts commented on Version 7 of Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report, which was announced this week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/06/2009
After a record-breaking Patch Tuesday in October, November's security update promises to be a bit lighter with six scheduled fixes, three deemed "critical" and three "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/05/2009
We focus on specialized tools targeting specific areas of network management.
- By Alan Maddison
- 11/01/2009
After introducing the Triple Crown last year, Redmond knocks one out of the park in 2009 by honoring winners of four consecutive Reader's Choice Awards in the same category.
Microsoft wants you to know that even as you read this article, "people around the world are hunting for vulnerabilities in software applications."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/29/2009
For some, the move to the new OS from Vista is taking a little longer than expected. Plus: Microsoft reaches for cloud compliance; lazy hackers hit clickjackpot.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/26/2009