An analysis of the Stuxnet worm shows it to be a combination of sophisticated and flawed work, most likely the product of a partnership between several entities with varying levels of expertise and resources.
- By William Jackson
- 01/19/2011
As expected, Microsoft today released two security bulletins in its January security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/11/2011
Microsoft plans to start the year with a light count of just two security bulletins in its January patch.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/06/2011
Code that can exploit a Rich Text Format flaw in Microsoft Office has been published, according to a Microsoft announcement late last month.
- By William Jackson
- 01/05/2011
Token-based login technology has improved significantly, so what are you waiting for?
Microsoft released a security advisory today concerning Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
Microsoft's security team announced late last month that it is investigating two proof-of-concept flaws in Microsoft's Web-related software.
A former FBI consultant claims the FBI had backdoors installed in the OpenBSD operating system to allow the agency to eavesdrop on virtual private networks used by U.S. attorneys nearly a decade ago.
- By William Jackson
- 12/16/2010
Microsoft today announced that its Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 product is available for evaluation.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 and 9 Web browsers demonstrated better protection against socially engineered exploits than other browsers, as described in a September NSS Labs report.
Plus: Hackers compromise Gawker media sites; Google and Redmond ad malware investigated; Symantec takes a look at the problems you'll be facing in 2011.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/14/2010
Windows IT pros this December find themselves unwrapping a huge package of security updates ahead of Christmas directly from Microsoft.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/14/2010
Microsoft today promised that a hefty December security update will arrive next week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/09/2010
Microsoft on Tuesday announced an upcoming privacy feature for its Internet Explorer 9 Web browser.
Plus: An eighth of malware attacks come from USB devices, scareware instances are growing.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/07/2010
One of the cables published by WikiLeaks late last month cites U.S. diplomatic concerns over a Chinese software security company with access to Windows source code.
Here's 10 companies we think Microsoft should buy right now to solidify its place in a variety of markets.
- By Lee Pender, Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/02/2010
Microsoft noted last week that its security team is looking into an elevation-of-privilege exploit affecting Windows-based systems.
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the new release of its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 2.0 solution to remedy a software interoperability problem.
Microsoft on Monday announced that it had rolled out two "new" security baselines for use with its Security Compliance Management tool, plus new setting packs for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8.