A recently released Microsoft security bulletin targeted flaws in Microsoft .NET Framework which, if unpatched, could lead to an elevation of privilege attack.
Members of the Army Knowledge Online portal are being warned that their personal information may be at risk due to the recent hack of intelligence analysis company Strategic Forecasting by the online group Anonymous.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 01/03/2012
The BeyondTrust application is great for putting files on lockdown and preventing data leakage.
Microsoft announced today that it will automatically update users' Internet Explorer to the latest version their OS can support.
We run down the top security concerns of the year and speculate what their meanings will be for the future.
The FBI is working closely with international law enforcement agencies to fight cyber criminals on their own turf, said Shawn Henry, executive assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Response and Services Branch.
- By Henry Kenyon
- 12/13/2011
December's security update arrived today with 13 items to fix in Microsoft products, ranging from Windows to Office, and Internet Explorer too.
Microsoft is preparing lumps of coal for IT pros in the form of 14 bulletin items for next week's release of December's Security bulletin.
Adobe is warning of a new issue in Adobe Reader on Windows that could lead to attackers hijacking a system.
A newly introduced bill that aims to encourage the sharing of Internet security threat intelligence information between government and industry has gone to the House Intelligence Committee for markup.
- By William Jackson
- 12/02/2011
The Microsoft technical fellow discusses his new novel about dangerous malware a security expert must eliminate.
Every company has precious data it needs to protect. While every organization's needs are unique, some best practices can go a long way toward preventing data leakage.
The most common software exploit type in the first half of 2011 was associated with vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java Runtime Environment (JRE), according to a Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, released last month.
Federal authorities seized control of 150 Web sites known to sell knockoff products today.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 11/27/2011
The World Wide Web Consortium has released a draft standard for establishing do-not-track preferences of Web users.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 11/17/2011
Windows 8 will arrive with a promise to minimize the amount of mandatory restarts needed after the installation of monthly and out-of-band Windows updates.
An academic study found that various tools designed to provide users with online privacy protections, including Microsoft's, were too difficult to use.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 11/14/2011
U.S. federal authorities have taken down a malware operation that has been responsible for infecting millions of computers worldwide.
A workaround released by Microsoft to block a vulnerability that could lead to the Duqu worm installing itself is causing issues with graphics driver managing font displays.
- By William Jackson
- 11/08/2011
Microsoft released its security update for November today with only four bulletins -- one item deemed "critical," two "important" and one "moderate."