Security


'Longhorn' Server Public Beta Arrives

The next generation Windows Server took the biggest step yet on its long and winding road toward commercial availability when Microsoft announced the release of "Longhorn" Beta 3 Wednesday night.

Pre-Release Vista Versions To Expire in May

If you're still using a pre-release version of Windows Vista, you have a little more than a month to upgrade to a commercial version before you start risking data loss.

BioPassword: Authentication Approach Going from Low-Key to Keystone?

As keystroke dynamics-based authentication finally begins to gain market traction, one company is poised to make a successful run with it.

Microsoft Preps DNS Mega-Patch

Don't look now, but Microsoft Corp. is prepping still another mega-patch, this time for the Windows DNS vulnerability it first disclosed last week.

State Department Got Mail -- and Hackers

A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a mysterious e-mail that quietly allowed hackers inside the U.S. government's network.

Wireless Security Puts IRS Data at Risk

Internal Revenue Service offices across the nation that use wireless technology are still vulnerable to hackers, according to the latest assessment of the agency's security policies released Tuesday.

State Department Got Mail -- and Hackers

A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a mysterious e-mail.

Wireless Security Puts IRS Data at Risk

Internal Revenue Service offices across the nation that use wireless technology are still vulnerable to hackers

New Word, Windows Vulnerabilities Surface

Redmond this week was alerted to a spate of new security flaws in its vulnerability-ridden Word -- only this time, the victim is Microsoft's brand-new Word 2007 application.

TJX Thieves Had Time To Steal, Trip Up

For at least 17 months, someone had free rein inside TJX Cos.' computers. Without anyone noticing, one or more intruders installed code on the discount retailer's systems to methodically unearth, collect and transmit account data from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards.

Microsoft Warns of New DNS Attacks

Yesterday, Microsoft published a new security advisory warning of a new spate of attacks targeting a DNS vulnerability in its Windows server operating systems.

Microsoft Issues ASP.NET Glitch Fix

Microsoft has released a public hotfix patch to address a number of ASP.NET 2.0 compilation issues, according to Microsoft Developer Division General Manager Scott Guthrie.

User Management Program Adds Security Upgrades

Lieberman Software Corp. has upgraded its flagship Windows management product, User Manager Pro, with a number of security and other enhancements and christened it User Manager Pro Suite.

DVD Security Group Says It Fixed Flaws

The group behind security measures for next-generation DVDs said Monday it has fixed a leak that allowed hackers to discover the keys for unlocking movies on HD DVD and Blu-ray discs.

Microsoft Patches 4 Critical Windows Vulnerabilities

As expected, Microsoft Corp. today published five new security bulletins that patch vulnerabilities in its Windows and Microsoft Content Management Server products.

Data on Millions of Georgians Lost

A computer disk containing the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 2.9 million Medicaid and children's health care recipients is missing.

Disk With Data on 2.9M Georgians Lost

A disk containing the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 2.9 million Medicaid and children's health care recipients is missing, Georgia health officials said Tuesday.

Microsoft Launches Enterprise Security Ad Campaign

Flashy Forefront message suggests that security is easy to deploy across the enterprise.

Microsoft Plans 5 Patches for Tuesday

On top of this week's major update to Microsoft's Windows GDI implementation, Redmond next week plans to issue no less than four Windows security bulletins, including at least one "critical" update.

Microsoft Patches Windows Vulnerability

Microsoft Corp. released an emergency security patch Tuesday to plug a hole in several versions of Windows

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