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Network Access Protection Life
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
Want to see Network Access Protection and how it works? Well, you have two options: Either attend my Webcast tomorrow at 16:00 ( http://www.microsoft.com/switzerland/technet/de/events.mspx ) - we will make it available afterwards as well. Or join our...
Wanna Have Fun? Breaking Into Las Vegas
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
There is a cool show on MSDN called: The Code Room: Breaking Into Vegas. From the abstract: In this episode of The Code Room watch the White Hats and Black Hats battle for the security of Las Vegas. Jessi Knapp and Microsoft Security Guru Joe Stagner...
DOE Manual on Information Security
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
The Department of Energy recently approved a comprehensive manual on procedures for protecting all manner of classified or controlled information in the Department's possession. The manual has not been readily available online, but a copy was obtained...
Defender Problems Fixed
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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I promised you to keep you posted on the issues we had with Windows Defender Beta 2. I just got the message that the problems should be fixed now and that the fixed version is available on the same download link as orinignally ( http://www.microsoft.com...
Problems with Windows Defender Beta 2 on non-English OS
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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Since yesterday I am aware of problems with Windows Defender Beta 2 on non-English Operating Systems :-(. That is all I know at the moment. We are working on it and I will keep you posted as soon as I know more Roger
Attack Trends for 2006
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
Departmenet of Homeland Security together with the National Cyber Security Alliance release their view of the 2006 Emerging Threat List. This is pretty interesting as they see the following threats growing in 2006: Hackers use Instant Messaging...
Phishing Activity Trends Report for December, 2005
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
There is a new Phishing Activity Trends Report for December, 2005. It states that “December 2005 showed a disturbing trend of far more brands being spoofed than in any month on record. Over 120 brands were used in phishing attacks this month. A large...
Bill Gates and Microsoft's efforts to improve security in Windows Vista operating system
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
Bill Gates outlines Microsoft's efforts to improve security in Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivers a keynote address at the RSA Conference in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006. Looking to simplify online transactions...
Windows Defender Beta 2 is on the Web
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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I do not know, how often I had to answer the question about out Anti-Spyware solution. Now, after a long, long time beta 2 is available. Go and download it at http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Roger
Join Bill's RSA Keynote
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
As you probably know, Bill Gates delviers a keynote at this year's RSA Conference. He usually sets the stage for at least the next year. If you are interested, the keynote is available as a Webcast with about 50 minutes delay at: http://www.microsoft...
Quite some Work to Do
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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This will be a heavy month. As you may have seen, we released the advanced notification with the announcement of seven bulletins this month: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/advance.mspx Always, we are offering you a chat the Friday...
Update and Question on MyWife
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
At the moment it seems extremely quiet regarding MyWife (Kamasutra, Blackmal). Nevertheless, we are receiving some mixed signals and there are rumours about companies having to take down their network - but there are no confirmed facts. Do you know...
How much Spyware is on the Web?
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
You probably heard about the Strider Honeymonkey project trying to scan the web for sites hosting malware. This project is run by Microsoft Research. Now, the University of Washington published more recent results. Strider Honeymonkey: http://research...
Exploits are sold
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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It is kind of scary but pretty often we see claims that exploits to 0day-vulnerabilities are sold on the Internet. There was one recently for Excel on eBay and now there are claims that there was a WMF-exploit on the market pretty early in December (...