Microsoft today announced a new white paper that explains the organizational and standards-based underpinnings of its cloud security efforts.
Plus: IE 8 still safer than IE 6, 7; Zeus 2.0 escaping MSRT detection.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/09/2010
Microsoft's November security update arrived today, and it's something less than a Thanksgiving meal.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/09/2010
Microsoft announced today that the release candidate version of its Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 security product is now available for download.
After two straight gargantuan rollouts, IT pros are getting a break with November's patch load.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/04/2010
Microsoft, in a security advisory released today, is warning users of Internet Explorer vulnerability that could allow remote code execution by hackers.
DLL fix might still leave Windows users vulnerable. Plus: Bing encryption being considered; Google gets serious about mobile security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/02/2010
Microsoft Direct Access in Windows Server 2008 R2 combined with Microsoft ForeFront United Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 may replace the VPN -- for the better.
- By Greg Shields
- 11/01/2010
By focusing on these fundamental aspects of network security, you can keep the bad guys out and the good data in.
Fake Microsoft Security Essentials alert snags some users. Plus: social network add-on -- for hackers; new SLA troubleshooting tool.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/26/2010
New report shows some real progress in killing Zbot. Plus: Adobe hides PDFs in the sandbox; U.S. talks with Aussies on security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/18/2010
Java should be considered a top software security threat, even more so than Adobe PDF files, according to Microsoft's announcement issued today.
Microsoft released Volume 9 of its "Security Intelligence Report" this week, which includes a section specifically honing in on the botnet problem.
Microsoft broke its own patch delivery record again with the release today of its October security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/12/2010
Should Microsoft revisit its patching frequency? Plus: Admins even busier, if they're tackling Adobe and Oracle fixes; IT study exposes IT security problems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/12/2010
Microsoft's forthcoming October security update will be another historic rollout.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/07/2010
Microsoft will offer its consumer antimalware solution for Windows systems to small businesses on Thursday, Oct. 7 at no cost.
An out-of-band patch tries to catch hackers off-guard. Plus: Symantec looks more closely at Stuxnet; Twitter bug gives Microsoft the jitters.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/05/2010
Microsoft released an "important" patch to address an information disclosure security vulnerability associated with ASP.NET systems.
The Obama administration is poised to ask for new Internet regulations that could potentially open any and all electronic communication to scrutiny.
- By Michael Hardy
- 09/28/2010