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Swissdialogue / MS Switzerland Citizenship blog entry: Kriminelle Energie ist überall – auch im Internet
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over 6 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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For the german speaking readers, also a link to my citizenship blog entry: "Kriminelle Energie ist überall – auch im Internet" http://swissdialogue.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F28808344F7E2734!206.entry See also the infosurance webpage about the Swiss...
Microsoft Forefront Client Security benchmark test (West Coast Lab)
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over 6 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Microsoft Corporation commissioned West Coast Labs (WCL) to carry out a series of performance benchmarking tests and metric-based process evaluations of the following products: Microsoft Forefront Client Security McAfee Active VirusScan with...
Al-Kaida hiring hackers
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over 9 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Do we really want to let our phantasy do it's work? Well, let's think a little bit: In the last few weeks we often got articles like those: Chinese Web sites used to target U.S. systems-report . From time to time we see sources claiming that different...
Internet satellite imagery under fire over security
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over 9 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Asian governments have expressed security concerns about easy access to detailed satellite images on the Internet, such as those used by rescuers in New Orleans, saying the technology could endanger sensitive sites. http://today.reuters.com/news.....
To defeat a malicious botnet, build a friendly one
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over 6 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Beating the "botnets"–armies of infected computers used to attack websites–requires borrowing tactics from the bad guys, say computer security researchers. A team at the University of Washington, US, wants to marshal swarms of good computers to neutralize...
Microsoft Private Folder 1.0
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Microsoft has released a new tool to protect private information on the desktop. With Private Folders the user gets a password protected folder on Windows XP. Download . http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/offers/Details.aspx?displaylang=en&countrycode...
Absolutely Cool: MSN Virtual Earth
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over 9 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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This has nothing to do with Security but it is very, very, cool: MSN released Virtual Earth. Look at the Aerial Photos. They are amazing: http://virtualearth.msn.com/Default.aspx Unfortunately it is US-only at the moment.If you want to see the Microsoft...
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 released to manufacturing (RTM)
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over 7 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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November 19 – Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 RTM (Developer, Connected Systems Division) Microsoft made its flagship development tool, Visual Studio 2008, available for download to its developer subscribers. The release also includes technology...
Resources For Law Enforcement Intelligence
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over 9 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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A link to a page which provides you with access to dozens of intelligence related documents, PDF files, PowerPoint, Word, and HTML references that may be of interest to intelligence professionals in government and law enforcement at the local, county...
Our Blog
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over 9 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Hi, now, we have a blog as well :-) We want to give you some insights , what is happening within the Siwss Security Team. "We" - this is: Andrea Mueller, Security Solutions Manager; Urs P. Küderli, Strategic Security Advisor; Horst Thierbach...
Interresting Business Model
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Well, this is an interesting business model in order to appear a little bit less dark when selling undisclosed vulnerabilities: http://www.lssec.com/charity.html Roger
A strong Password isn’t the strongest Security
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over 4 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Make your password strong, with a unique jumble of letters, numbers and punctuation marks. But memorize it — never write it down. And, oh yes, change it every few months... Yes, that's it? Or not? "Keeping a keylogger off your machine is about...
IBM to buy ISS
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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It is not only Microsoft buying security companies, it seems that other have a need there as well. This acquisition is a pretty interesting one and I am looking forward to seeing what IBM is doing with it: http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds...
ISA Server 2006 - Interesting preview article at isaserver.org
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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ISA Server 2006 is the next step in Microsoft’s Security Strategy. ISA Server 2006 is the successor of ISA Server 2004. ISA Server 2006 RTM is expected to be released at end of June 2006. Do you wan't to have a look into the beta? http://www.isaserver...
Link for Scoreboard
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Unbelieveable but I seem mess up with links at the moment. Here is the one: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=df6a6e6e-21af-4786-ad1d-a38e8bfda82f&displaylang=en Roger
Generate Your Own Security Code Review Checklist Document
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over 6 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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In this post from the ACE Team, they show how to generate Security Code Review Checklist using patterns & practices Guidance Explorer and Outlook 2007. Checklist documents can be generated without Outlook 2007 by only using the Guidance Explorer...
APWG Releases Phishing Activity Trends
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over 6 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
3
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The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has just released their Phishing Activity Trends Report for the month of December. Overall, the report showed a decrease in activity from the previous month; however, there were a few notable exceptions. It appears...
Researchers find hole in 'flawless' encryption technology
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over 6 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Quantum cryptography, a new technology until now considered 100 per cent secure against attacks on sensitive data traffic, has a flaw after all, Swedish researchers say. "In computer terms, we've found a bug," said Jan-Aake Larsson, an associate professor...
C64 as a webserver?! ;-)
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over 5 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
3
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An entire Web site has been 100% developed on the Commodore 64. The little keyboard box you see there and that big huge disk drive is where the Web page is stored. So… if it takes a while for the Web site to load on your computer, especially the picture...
Unpatched database servers on the Internet
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over 7 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
3
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In his most recent publication (“The Database Exposure Survey 2007 ”, November 12, 2007) , David Litchfield conducted a survey on how many database servers exist on the internet and are listening on their default TCP ports and are not protected by a firewall...
How to get a password? Just ask...
Posted
over 7 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
3
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Network managers are fighting a lonely battle on security with the majority of users and directors carelessly giving their passwords to complete strangers. Sometimes it helps if you offer chocolate! http://www.computing.co.uk/networkitweek/news/2058275...
An inside look into building and releasing MS07-017
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over 7 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Mike Reavey from MSRC on the history of MS07-017: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2007/04/03/an-inside-look-into-building-and-releasing-ms07-017.aspx Urs
What your hard drive can tell ID thieves
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
3
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Many people believe that when they dispose of their old computer, the files they've erased from the hard drive are gone forever. Wrong. ConsumerReports.org bought a handful of drives on eBay and tried to recover old files by running simple and inexpensive...
'Out of office' messages turned into spam relays
Posted
over 6 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
3
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Spammers have found a new trick that gets around many current anti-spam filters: abusing the "out of the office" auto-respond feature found in legitimate webmail services. http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=11544 Urs
Buy and Tell
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
3
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Now, this is driving me mad. Not only have we the discussion about Full Disclosure and Responsible Disclosure but now security companies are starting to buy vulnerabilities to go public with them afterwards. Hoiw can you trust a company like this to help...
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