The Government Accountability Office has released a report showing that security incidents at 24 federal agencies have increased 650 percent during the last five years.
- By Alice Lipowicz
- 10/04/2011
The updated service features impressive remote-management and deployment capabilities.
- By Derek Schauland
- 10/01/2011
Microsoft released Security Advisory 2588513 yesterday, which advises users of the threat of attack caused by a flaw in the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 3.0 and Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0.
Final rules have been adopted and published for the Federal Communications Commission Net Neutrality policy, which goes into effect Nov. 20.
- By William Jackson
- 09/26/2011
Microsoft addressed a claim that Windows 8 will not allow Linux operating systems to coexist in a dual-boot configuration on PCs.
Six months after Microsoft, in conjunction with local and federal law enforcement, began targeting the Rustock spybot network, it is now handing its case and evidence to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Welcome to the inaugural Freebie Friday, the Redmondmag.com feature that will highlight some of the best current Microsoft products, from software to ebooks, that won't cost you a cent.
Adobe acted to address a zero-day vulnerability in its Flash Player 10 and lower versions by issuing a a "critical" patch on Wednesday.
- By Editorial Staff
- 09/22/2011
Attacks based on an implementation flaw of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocol will be demonstrated on Friday by two security researchers.
According to former presidential adviser Richard Clarke, the U.S.'s cyber defense is falling behind the resources and expertise of attackers, which leaves critical infrastructure and data vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated attacks.
- By William Jackson
- 09/20/2011
Microsoft re-released Security Advisory (2607712) yesterday to replace a previous flawed update that failed to include all blocked Web certificates from a Dutch certificate authority firm.
Five "important" security bulletins arrived as scheduled for September's Patch Tuesday, after an unintentional leak of early details last week from Microsoft.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/13/2011
This looks to be a lighter patch month, with no "critical" items making it into in September's Microsoft Security Bulletin.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/08/2011
Sony appointed a former Microsoft executive, Philip Reitinger, to a new position overseeing infrastructure security efforts.
Microsoft, Google and Mozilla have revoked all digital certificates from Dutch certificate authority firm DigiNotar as a security measure.
Users gain some needed control over their applications without surrendering security or stability.
- By Derek Schauland
- 09/01/2011
Google on Tuesday released a "stable" plug-in for Internet Explorer that switches on Google Chrome technologies.
Microsoft is warning of a new worm that attempts to use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections from PCs to try to guess simple login and password information of users.
DoS and password brute-force attacks can be particularly nasty, but you can protect your network against these types of disruptions.
Researchers at M86 Security said this week that the volume of spam containing malware spiked in August.
- By William Jackson
- 08/18/2011