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
The evolving threat landscape means government must work more closely with commercial industry players, analysts say.
- By Amber Corrin
- 10/26/2009
Repeated spikes of viruses that are not being detected by major anti-virus engines were observed during the last quarter, apparently the result of hit-and-run tactics by virus writers.
- By William Jackson
- 10/23/2009
An independent security researcher and a prominent figure in open source exploit data collection now has a new commercial home.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/21/2009
Microsoft is responding to problems with a fix for Office Communications Server and Live Communications Server.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/21/2009
Spam-based malware traffic increased dramatically last month, surging by 900 percent between August and September.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/20/2009
Microsoft last week reported positive numbers for its new consumer antivirus solution, but security vendors haven't heaped much praise.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/19/2009
Plus: Firefox opens up to .NET; gauging Security Essentials' enterprise chances.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/19/2009
Scaring computer users into buying and installing potentially malicious security programs is becoming a big business, according to a study of rogue software by Symantec.
- By William Jackson
- 10/19/2009