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It seems to be the "in-thing" these days - using an automated tool to perform SQL injections against vulnerable sites across multiple domains. Although the attack method isn't new, some sites are hit multiple times, as evident by a corruption...

Greetings from (sorta) sunny Melbourne, Australia! We’re the newest addition to Microsoft’s Security Research and Response global team. In arbitrary seating order we have: Jakub Kaminski, Scott Molenkamp, Hamish O’Dea, Heather Goudey...

Today, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Komoku to add to Forefront and Windows Live OneCare's technological capabilities. I would like to take this opportunity to review the year since my "Hello World" blog post and again provide insight on where...

This week you may have heard or read about a new rootkit that has been reported in the wild that uses the Master Boot Record (MBR) as its Auto-Start Entry Point (ASEP). The malware is being called VirTool:WinNT/Sinowal.A . First we want to let you know...

One of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center’s (MMPC) goals is to share the valuable data, insights and expertise we have with customers on a regular basis in an effort to help customers better understand the changes occurring in the threat landscape...

Hi again, WOW so a month now since the VB2007 Conference in Vienna, Austria. Vienna was beautiful! Where has the time gone, since then!? I couldn’t let too much more time pass before saying a few words, as I’m finally off the road to be able to...

Over the past few months, there has been talk about a wave of malware known commonly as “Storm”. “Storm” has been noted to be responsible for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, mass phishing emails, spam, botnets, and all sorts of online malicious...

Hey all, if you recall, back in April we released the PREVIEW version of our new portal affectionately known as the Microsoft Malware Protection Center Portal. Since then we’ve received loads of feedback from customers and partners on what they like about...

Hi again, just recently returned from MS TechEd in Orlando, oh it was HOT! It was great to get a chance to meet some customers and partners face to face and discuss what’s happening at a more granular level today in the enterprise. The issues they...

As I mentioned in my last blog post, our researchers and engineers in the Microsoft Malware Protection Center have been focusing their efforts on protecting customers from current, in the wild threats, and established an undertaking to achieve the next...

Fresh off our visit to Japan , where we discussed issues important to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, we continue to move forward with our goal of being a premier anti-virus research and response center (R&R). Last week’s news of our new...

printf(“hello world\n”); This is Jimmy Kuo of the Microsoft Security Research & Response team (MSRR). (What a wonderful thing to say and see written down.). Recently, there have been some tests that have brought into question the detection...

A contingent from our antimalware team attended the Virus Bulletin conference in Montreal, Canada two weeks ago- 12 of us in all. Matt Braverman and I were both presenters and I also moderated a panel discussing progress made by the Anti-Spyware Coalition...

This week at RSA Europe in Nice, France we released a report detailing the security landscape for the first half of 2006. The report lays out details collected through our various antimalware technologies. The report highlights a number of trends such...

It brings me great pleasure to announce the final availability of Windows Defender in English. The team has been working hard for over a year and fixed over 400 bugs in the areas of stability and reliability since Windows Defender (Beta 2). We plan to...

Hi Folks, Adam here from the antimalware team. I wanted to give you a heads-up that we will be testing a new definition update process in the next two weeks. Definition updates for Windows Defender (Windows Vista and current platforms) will be publishing...

Hello there. I'm writing to you from the Microsoft TechEd conference in Boston. This event attracts over 10,000 attendees interested in learning about current and future Microsoft products. It's also a great place for getting feedback from our customers...

Hi, Ziv Mador here from the antimalware team at Microsoft. Last week I attended the AusCERT conference in Gold Coast, Australia. The conference was organized by the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team, AusCERT. We have worked with this team for...

As many of you know already, Windows Live OneCare is now available at retail stores across the country and from http://onecare.live.com . As the provider of antimalware technology to Windows Live OneCare, our team is extremely excited to have this fantastic...

Adam Overton here – Group Program Manager for the Antimalware team. Today, we shipped Windows Defender (Beta 2) for German speaking markets including Germany and Switzerland . We’re also close to launching our Japanese version for additional coverage...

We're certified ! This morning, Microsoft issued a press release describing how Windows Live OneCare has acquired multiple certifications for antivirus and firewall from ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs, two of the top labs for antimalware product...

Eric and I attended the Antispyware Coalition Meeting and Workshop last week. It was a good opportunity to meet with many of our peers in the industry as well as a very pleasant trip overall. Ottawa, where the event was held, is a great city and in addition...

Hi, my name is Tony Lee. I am a virus researcher on the Microsoft Antimalware team. One of our top priorities is to conduct advanced research to combat malware problems. A significant challenge we have today is the large number of active malware samples...

On my way back from EICAR I had the opportunity to stop in to the Computers Freedom & Privacy Conference in Washington DC and participate in a panel discussing the responsibilities of an adware provider. From the few sessions I was able to attend...