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Happy new year and thank you to our abiding readers!
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over 7 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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We wish all our readers a happy new Year, all the best for 2007 and please stay with us! :-) And if you're still looking for a good intent, then be an active part of our blog! With the best regards Urs
First Line of Defense Against Data Security Breaches: Employees
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
A recent survey of the IT departments in 461 U.S. organizations conducted by the Ponemon Institute reported that the average annual cost of managing insider threats to data security is $3.4 million per organization. Further, more than 78 percent of respondents...
Online Security Sessions from TechEd IT Forum Available
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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See the TechEd/IT Forum security sessions online (Referenz: Michael Howard): http://blogs.msdn.com/michael_howard/archive/2006/12/21/online-security-sessions-from-teched-it-forum-available.aspx Urs
Microsoft sees botnets as top '07 Net threat
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
"Botnets are really where it's at for serious cybercriminals, because of their concentrated power," said Kornblum, a senior attorney with Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Safety Enforcement team. "That power can be used for all sorts of malicious conduct on...
Controlling Communication with the Internet (Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista)
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
The Microsoft® Windows Vista™ operating system and the Windows® XP operating system with Service Pack 2 (SP2) include a variety of technologies that communicate with the Internet to provide increased ease of use and functionality. Browser and e-mail technologies...
Jim Allchin on Windows Vista and protection from malware
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
Jim Allchins answer to the Sophos November report on Vista... Very interessting! http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2006/12/19/windows-vista-and-protection-from-malware.aspx Urs
Vista: Group Policy Settings Reference
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the administrative template files (admx/adml) delivered with Windows Vista (RTM build 6000). The policy settings included in this spreadsheet cover Windows Vista...
The new generation of cyber criminals
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
A new research by the security company McAfee revealed that groups of cyber criminals are recruiting young computer students using tactics echoing those employed by the KGB during the cold war . The report, which is based on several contributions from...
Buffer Overflows for Beginners (Whitepaper)
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
Not for begginers in C++, but as an example of how to produce/avoid vulnerable code... http://www.milw0rm.com/papers/123 Urs
Vista: Multiple Local Group Policy Objects (MLGPO)
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
How to use and setup multiple local GPOs in Vista: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Managing-Windows-Vista-Group-Policy-Part2.html Urs
Bitlocker on Vista - More than one partition!
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
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On several occasions I stated the I expect that the Commandline-Interface of Bitlocker allows for encryption on more than one partition even on Windows Vista. We knew that it was coming for on Windows Server codename Longhorn. But on Windows Vista. ...
Dynamic Execution Prevention
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
Back with Windows XP SP2 we introduced a feature called Dynamic Execution Prevention (DEP). A technology to prevent an application to execute on the data memory. It basically makes use of the NX-flag of the CPU. I realized a few weeks ago, that my...
How big is the risk of Cyberterrorism?
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over 8 years ago
by
Microsoft Swiss Security Team
There are always different opinions regarding the size of the threat of Cyberterrorism. This is the first time I read about it by a well-known independant organisation: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId...
Windows Vista - Crack is a Trojan
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over 8 years ago
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Microsoft Swiss Security Team
Wouldn't it be better to buy Windows Vista (did I tell you already that it rocks :-)?): http://apcstart.com/node/4737 Roger